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No Future in This Country - The Prophetic Pessimism of Bishop Henry McNeal Turner (Hardcover)
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No Future in This Country - The Prophetic Pessimism of Bishop Henry McNeal Turner (Hardcover)
Series: Race, Rhetoric, and Media Series
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No Future in This Country: The Prophetic Pessimism of Bishop Henry
McNeal Turner is a history of the career of Bishop Henry McNeal
Turner (1834-1915), specifically focusing on his work from 1896 to
1915. Drawing on the copious amount of material from Turner's
speeches, editorial, and open and private letters, Andre E. Johnson
tells a story of how Turner provided rhetorical leadership during a
period in which America defaulted on many of the rights and
privileges gained for African Americans during Reconstruction.
Unlike many of his contemporaries during this period, Turner did
not opt to proclaim an optimistic view of race relations. Instead,
Johnson argues that Turner adopted a prophetic persona of a
pessimistic prophet who not only spoke truth to power but, in so
doing, also challenged and pushed African Americans to believe in
themselves. At this time in his life, Turner had no confidence in
American institutions or that the American people would live up to
the promises outlined in their sacred documents. While he argued
that emigration was the only way for African Americans to retain
their "personhood" status, he also would come to believe that
African Americans would never emigrate to Africa. He argued that
many African Americans were so oppressed and so stripped of agency
because they were surrounded by continued negative assessments of
their personhood that belief in emigration was not possible.
Turner's position limited his rhetorical options, but by adopting a
pessimistic prophetic voice that bore witness to the atrocities
African Americans faced, Turner found space for his oratory, which
reflected itself within the lament tradition of prophecy.
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