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The Story of the Negro (Paperback, New Ed)
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The Story of the Negro (Paperback, New Ed)
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The Story of the Negro 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.
The Story of the Negro 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. 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.
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