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The South Carolina roots of African American thought : a reader / edited by Rhondda Robinson Thomas and Susanna Ashton.
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- American literature--South Carolina.
- American literature.
- American literature--African American authors.
- South Carolina--Literary collections.
- South Carolina.
- Genre:
- Literary collections.
- Literature.
- Physical Description:
- xi, 408 pages ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Columbia, South Carolina : The University of South Carolina Press, [2014]
- Contents:
- Part I Slavery and Abolition
- Daniel Payne (1811-1893) 17
- Excerpt from Recollections of Seventy Years: Chapter 1, "Parentage and Ancestry"; Chapter 2, "Childhood and Youth"; Chapter 3, "The School-Master in the Dark South" 21
- "Slavery Brutalizes Man" 28
- Martin Robison Delany (1812-1885) 37
- Letter from Major Delany to Frederick Douglass 41
- John Andrew Jackson (c. 1825-c. 1896) 53
- Excerpt from The Experience of a Slave in South Carolina: "My Escape" 56
- Robert Smalls (1839-1915) 65
- "Election Methods in the South" 70
- Hon. Robert Smalls's Speech to the 1895 South Carolina Constitution Convention 76
- Archibald Grimké (1849-1930) 86
- "Right on the Scaffold, or The Martyrs of 1822" 92
- Francis Grimké (1850-1937) 117
- "The Negro and His Citizenship" 121
- Part II The Talented Tenth
- Kelly Miller (1863-1939) 139
- "South Carolina" 143
- "The Disgrace of Democracy" 148
- Mary Jane McLeod Bethune (1875-1955) 163
- "Certain Unalienable Rights" 167
- J. Max Barber (1878-1949) 179
- "The Monument to Gonzales" 183
- "The Atlanta Tragedy" 184
- Jane Edna Harris Hunter (1882-1971) 195
- Excerpt from A Nickel and a Prayer: Chapter 11, "Starlight" 199
- "An Opportunity for Club Women to Serve the Underprivileged Girl" 207
- Benjamin Elijah Mays (1894-1984) 217
- Excerpt from Born to Rebel: An Autobiography: Chapter 1, "In the Days of My Youth"; Chapter 2, "Be Careful and Stay out of Trouble" 221
- Septima Poinsette Clark (1898-1987) 237
- Excerpt from Ready from Within: Septima Clark and the Civil Rights Movement: "The Role of Women" 241
- "Citizenship and Gospel" 246
- Part III The Civil Rights Legacy
- Marian Wright Edelman (b. 1939) 257
- Excerpt from The Measure of Our Success: A Letter to My Children and Yours: "If the Child Is Safe" 260
- James E. Clyburn (b. 1940) 273
- "Whom Much Has Been Given, Much Is Required" 276
- "Proper Response to Ty'Sheoma's Letter" 278
- Jesse Jackson (b. 1941) 285
- "What Does the Government Owe the Poor?" 290
- 1988 Democratic National Convention Address 301
- Part IV The Media Generation
- Randall L. Kennedy (b. 1954) 319
- Excerpt from Nigger: The Strange Career of a Troublesome Word: Introduction and Chapter 1, "The Protean N-Word" 322
- Eugene Robinson (b. 1955) 345
- "This Consequential Presidency" 347
- Excerpt from Disintegration: The Splintering of Black America: "The Mainstream: A Double Life" 349
- Armstrong Williams (b. 1959) 359
- Excerpt from Reawakening Virtues: Restoring What Makes America Great: "The Virtue of the Sabbath" 361
- "The Morality of Race: The Virtues of Tolerance and Patience" 366.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781611173147
- 1611173140
- OCLC:
- 841893882
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