Following the color line : American Negro citizenship in the progressive era / by Ray Stannard Baker. Illustrated.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Baker, Ray Stannard, 1870-1946.

Contributor:

Grantham, Dewey W., writer of introduction, notes.

Joanna Banks Collection of African American Books (University of Pennsylvania)

Series:

American perspectives

Harper torchbooks. The university library ; TB 3053.

Harper Torchbooks. The University Library ; TB 3053

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Progressivism (United States politics).

African Americans--Politics and government.

African Americans.

United States--Race relations--History--20th century.

United States.

Race relations.

History.

Penn Provenance:

Banks, Joanna (donor) (Banks Collection copy)

Physical Description:

xviii, 311 pages, 15 unnumbered pages, 24 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, map, portraits. ; 21 cm.

Edition:

Introduction and notes to the Torchbook edition / by Dewey W. Grantham, Jr.

Place of Publication:

New York : Harper & Row, Publishers, 1964.

Contents:

Part I. The Negro in the South. A Race Riot and After; Following the Colour Line in the South: A Suerficial View of Conditions; The Southern City Negro; In the Black Belt: The Negro Farmer; Race Relationships in the South

Part II. The Negro in the North. Following the Colour Line in the North; The Negroes' Struggle for Survival in Northern Cities

Part III. The Negro in the Nation. The Mulatto: The Problem of Race Mixture; Lynchings, South and North; An Ostracised Race in Ferment: The Conflict of Negro Parties and Negro Leaders over Methods of Dealing with Their Own Problem; The Negro in Politics; The Black Man's Silent Power; The New Southern Statesmanship; What to do about the Negro-A few conclusions.

Notes:

""First Harper Torchbook edition published in 1964 by Harper & Row, Publishers, Incorporated ..."

The original edition .. was published by Doubleday, Page & Company in 1908. In editing this new edition I have added notes of identification and explanation for certain individuals and events referred to by Ray Stannard Baker. But except for the correction of few typographical errors and one or two minor mistakes in Baker's use of dates and statistics, this edition is a faithful reproduction of the original."--A Note About the Torchbook Edition.

Includes index.

Publisher's advertisements: [10] pages at end.

Local Notes:

Gift of Mr. & Mrs. Sheldon Hackney.

Kislak Center Banks Collection copy presented to the Penn Libraries in 2018 by Joanna Banks.

OCLC:

169539