{"product_id":"the-story-of-the-negro-paperback-softback-9780812219364","title":"The Story of the Negro (Paperback \/ softback) 9780812219364","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eThe Story of the Negro\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eBooker T. Washington (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780812219364\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 15 September 2005\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e784 pages\u003cbr\u003e18.4 x 12.7 x 4.4 cm, 1.23 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\"We wish this work might find the widest circulation.\" (\u003ci\u003eThe Nation\u003c\/i\u003e)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Story of the Negro\u003c\/i\u003e is a history of Americans of African descent before and after slavery. Originally produced in two volumes, and published here for the first time in one paperback volume, the first part covers Africa and the history of slavery in the United States while the second part carries the history from the Civil War to the first part of the twentieth century. Booker T. Washington was born into slavery, worked menial jobs in order to acquire an education, and became the most important voice of African American interests beginning in the latter part of the nineteenth century.\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eThe Story of the Negro\u003c\/i\u003e is valuable in part because it is full of significant information taken from hundreds of obscure sources that would be nearly impossible to assemble today. For instance, Washington discusses the rise of African American comedy with names, places, and dates; elsewhere he traces the growth and spread of African American home ownership and independent businesses in the United States; and his discussion of slavery is informed by his own life. Washington wanted African Americans to understand and embrace their heritage, not be ashamed of it. He explains, as an example, the role of music in the lives of the slaves and then notes how, nearly a generation later, many African Americans were \"embarrassed\" by this music and did not want to learn traditional songs. Washington is able to reflect on the first fifty years of his life embracing a range of experiences from share-cropping to dinner at the White House. It is just this autobiographical element that makes the volume compelling.\u003cbr\u003e Washington, with his indefatigable optimism, worked his entire life to achieve equality for African Americans through practical means. Founder of the first business association (the National Negro Business League), leader of the Tuskeegee Institute, where George Washington Carver conducted research, and supporter of numerous social programs designed to improve the welfare of African Americans, Washington was considered during his lifetime the spokesperson for African Americans by white society, particularly those in positions of power. This led to criticism from within the African American community, most notably from W. E. B. Du Bois, who considered Washington too accommodating of the white majority, but it took Washington's farsightedness to recognize that the immediate concerns of education, employment, and self-reflection were necessary to achieve the ultimate goal of racial equality.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eVOLUME I\u003cbr\u003e PART I. THE NEGRO IN AFRICA\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 1. First Notions of Africa\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 2. The American Negro and the Native African\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 3. The African at Home\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 4. The West Coast Background of the American Negro\u003cbr\u003e PART II. THE NEGRO AS A SLAVE\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 5. The First and Last Slave Ship\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 6. The First Slaves\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 7. The Indian and the Negro\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 8. The Negro's Life in Slavery\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 9. Slave Insurrections and the Negro \"Peril\"\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 10. The Free Negro in Slavery Days\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 11. Fugitive Slaves\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 12. Negro Settlements in Ohio and the Northwest Territory\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 13. The Negro Preacher and the Negro Church\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 14. The Negro Abolitionists\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 15. The Negro Soldier's Fight for Freedom\u003cbr\u003e VOLUME II\u003cbr\u003e PART III. THE NEGRO AS A FREEMAN\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 1. The Early Days of Freedom\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 2. The Rise of the Negro Land-owner\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 3. The Negro Labourer and the Mechanic in Slavery and Freedom\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 4. Negro Crime and Racial Self-help\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 5. The Negro Teacher and the Negro School\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 6. The Negro Secret Societies\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 7. The Negro Doctor and the Negro Professional Man\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 8. The Negro Disfranchisement and the Negro in Business\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 9. The Negro Bank and the Moral Uplift\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 10. Negro Communities and Negro Homes\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 11. Negro Poetry, Music and Art\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 12. Negro Women and Their Work\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 13. The Social and Mission Work of the Negro Church\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 14. Law and Order and the Negro\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 15. The Negro's Place in American Life\u003cbr\u003e Index\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"University of Pennsylvania Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52555686445336,"sku":"9780812219364","price":40.19,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/the-story-of-the-negro-paperback-softback-9780812219364","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}