Red, white, and black : rescuing American history from revisionists and race hustlers / Robert L. Woodson Sr., editor.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Woodson, Robert L., editor.

Rosengarten Family Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

African Americans--History.

African Americans.

History.

African Americans--Social conditions.

African Americans--Attitudes.

Race relations.

Civilization.

Civilization--African American influences.

United States--Race relations.

United States.

United States--Civilization--African American influences.

Genre:

essays.

Essays.

History.

Physical Description:

xxvi, 213 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

New York : Emancipation Books, an imprint of Post Hill Press, [2021]

Summary:

"In the rush to redefine the place of black Americans in contemporary society, many radical activists and academics have mounted a campaign to destroy traditional American history and replace it with a politicized version that few would recognize. According to the new radical orthodoxy, the United States was founded as a racist nation--and everything that has happened throughout our history must be viewed through the lens of the systemic oppression of black people. Rejecting this false narrative, a collection of the most prominent and respected black scholars and thinkers has come together to correct the record and tell the true story of black Americans in all its complexity, diversity of experience, and poignancy. Collectively, they paint a vivid picture of black people living the grand American experience, however bumpy the road may be along the way. But rather than a people apart, blacks are woven into the united whole that makes this nation unique in history"--Page 4 of cover

Contents:

Machine generated contents note: "A Positive Vision: The Agenda of `1776'" / Wilfred Reilly

"The Moral Meaning of America: Two Parallel Narratives" / Jason D. Hill

"Acknowledging Slavery's Limits in Defining America" / John Wood Jr

"We Cannot Allow `1619' to Dumb Down America in the Name of a Crusade" / John Mcwhorter

"Slavery Does Not Define the Black American Experience" / Wilfred Reilly

"Black Is the New Idol" / Yaya J. Fanusie

"The History of 1776 Offers Hope for All Americans" / Corey Brooks

"Responses to Adversity" / Robert Cherry

"The Cult of Victimhood" / Harold A. Black

"Living by the Grace of God and the Power of Applying Oneself" / Dean Nelson

"True Freedom Comes From Serving Community and God" / Deforest Blake Soaries Jr.

"How Harlem's `Hellfighters' Gained Their Name

-and Helped Win the Great War" / Stephen L. Harris

"A Dream as Old as the American Dream: Why Black Patriotism Is More Important Than Victimization" / Clarence Page

"Children Achieve the Expectations We Teach: Charting a Path to a More Perfect Union Begins with Our Guidance" / Ian Rowe

"From Rural Poverty to Ivy League Professor: Carol M. Swain's Life Lessons" / Carol M. Swain

"Closing the Black-White Educational Gap in the South in the Early Twentieth Century" / Stephanie Deutsch

"An Algorithm of Success: Understanding Black America" / John Sibley Butler

"Let's Arm Black Children with Lessons That Can Improve Their Lives" / Coleman Cruz Hughes

"We Live in an Impure World" / Joshua Mitchell

An Excerpt from Shame / Shelby Steele

"We Must Scrap the `1619 Project' for an Accurate Account of American History" / Charles Love

"Critical Race Theory's Destructive Impact on America" / Carol M. Swain

"Straight Out of the Black Bourgeoisie: Lessons for the Twenty-First Century" / John Sibley Butler

"First Black Olympic Champion, Alice Coachman: The Little Girl from the Red Hills of Georgia" / Stephen L. Harris

"Keeping the Promise of 1776" / Ian Rowe.

Notes:

"Featuring 1776 Unites essays by John Sibley Butler, Jason D. Hill, Coleman Cruz Hughes, John McWhorter, Clarence Page, Wilfred Reilly, Shelby Steele, Carol M. Swain"--Page 1 of dust jacket

Includes bibliographical references (pages 195-212).

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Rosengarten Family Fund.

ISBN:

9781642937787

1642937789

9781637582619

1637582617

OCLC:

1240413929

Publisher Number:

99990883294