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The first book by Anna J. Cooper, A Voice From the South, presents
strong ideals supporting racial and gender equality as well as
economic progress. It's a forward-thinking narrative that
highlights many disparities hindering the African American
community. Anna J. Cooper was an accomplished educator who used her
influence to encourage and elevate African Americans. With A Voice
From the South, she delivers a poignant analysis of the country's
affairs as they relate to Black people, specifically Black women.
She stresses the importance of education, which she sees as a great
equalizer. Cooper considers it a necessary investment in not only
the individual but the community. She also criticizes the
depictions of African Americans in literature by some of the day's
most popular authors. She calls for more realistic portrayals that
are both honest yet positive. Cooper provides an unflinching
critique of mainstream America as it relates to the Black
population. A Voice From the South broaches pivotal topics such as
women's rights, segregation and the need for higher education. With
an eye-catching new cover, and professionally typeset manuscript,
this edition of A Voice From the South is both modern and readable.
LARGE PRINT EDITION. The first book by Anna J. Cooper, A Voice From
the South, presents strong ideals supporting racial and gender
equality as well as economic progress. It’s a forward-thinking
narrative that highlights many disparities hindering the African
American community. Anna J. Cooper was an accomplished educator who
used her influence to encourage and elevate African Americans. With
A Voice From the South, she delivers a poignant analysis of the
country’s affairs as they relate to Black people, specifically
Black women. She stresses the importance of education, which she
sees as a great equalizer. Cooper considers it a necessary
investment in not only the individual but the community. She also
criticizes the depictions of African Americans in literature by
some of the day’s most popular authors. She calls for more
realistic portrayals that are both honest yet positive. Cooper
provides an unflinching critique of mainstream America as it
relates to the Black population. A Voice From the South broaches
pivotal topics such as women’s rights, segregation and the need
for higher education. With an eye-catching new cover, and
professionally typeset manuscript, this edition of A Voice From the
South is both modern and readable.
Published in 1892, A Voice from the South (1892) is the only book
published by one of the most prominent African American women
scholars and educators of her era. Born a slave, Anna Julia Haywood
Cooper would go on to become the fourth African American woman to
earn a doctoral degree. Cooper became a prominent member of the
black community in Washington, D.C., serving as principal at M
Street High School, during which time she wrote A Voice from the
South. In it, she engages a variety of issues, including women's
rights, racial progress, segregation, and the education of black
women. Cooper also discusses a number of authors and their
representations of African Americans, including Harriet Beecher
Stowe, Albion Tourgee, George Washington Cable, William Dean
Howells, and Maurice Thompson, reaching the conclusion that an
accurate depiction had yet to be written.
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