The Negro In The New World Classic Reprint

Excerpt from The Negro in the New World AS regards chapters II. And III. I have arrived at the conclusion that the Spaniards did not exterminate the Amerindian peoples of tropical America with quite the degree of senseless ferocity attributed to them by historians, and that they were scarcely worse in this respect than the anglo-saxons of North America, or the French and British in regard to the Caribs of the West India Islands. Both the Spaniards and the Portuguese were to a great extent checked in their intention to destroy and dispossess many Amerindian peoples by the work of the Society of Jesus, of the Dominicans, and of one or two other orders of missionaries emanating from the Roman Catholic Church. In regard to the Spanish treatment of the Negro it was far less cruel than was that of the anglo-saxon or the Dutchman. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

In so far as this aspect of my subject is concerned it is quite unnecessary for me to dilate upon it further, that is in a prefatory way, inasmuch as it is fully treated in several Of the chapters Of the present work.

Excerpt from The Gift of Black Folk: The Negroes in the Making of America A moment's thought will easily convince open minded persons that the contribution of the Ne gro to American nationality as slave, freedman and citizen was far from negligible. No element in American life has so subtly and yet clearly woven itself into the warp and woof of our think ing and acting as the American Negro. He came with the first explorers and helped 1n exploration. His labor was from the first the foundation of the American prosperity and the cause of the rapid growth of the new world in economic and social importance. Modern democracy rests not simply on the striving white men in Europe and America but also on the persist'ent struggle of the black men in America for two centuries. The military defense of this land has depended upon Negro soldiers from the time 'of the Colonial wars down to the struggle of the World War. Not only does the Negro appear, reappear and persist in American literature but a Negro Ameri can literature has arisen of deep significance, and Negro folk lore and music are among the choicest heritages of this land. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Excerpt from America's Greatest Problem: The Negro This is due to the truly marvelous rapidity, associ ated with expertness and accuracy Of the highest order, evinced by my publishers, the F. A. Davis Company, in passing the work through their reading rooms and press. It is with pleasure that I extend to them my thanks for all this, and for their uniform courtesy throughout while the book was in course of manufacture. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

"When Joseph Nathaniel Beckles registered for the draft in the 1942, he rejected the racial categories presented to him and persuaded the registrar to cross out the check mark she had placed next to Negro and substitute "Ethiopian Hebrew." "God did not make us Negroes," declared religious leaders in black communities of the early twentieth-century urban North. They insisted that so-called Negroes are, in reality, Ethiopian Hebrews, Asiatic Muslims, or raceless children of God. Rejecting conventional American racial classification, many black southern migrants and immigrants from the Caribbean embraced these alternative visions of black history, racial identity, and collective future, thereby reshaping the black religious and racial landscape. Focusing on the Moorish Science Temple, the Nation of Islam, Father Divine's Peace Mission Movement, and a number of congregations of Ethiopian Hebrews, Judith Weisenfeld argues that the appeal of these groups lay not only in the new religious opportunities membership provided, but also in the novel ways they formulated a religio-racial identity. Arguing that members of these groups understood their religious and racial identities as divinely-ordained and inseparable, the book examines how this sense of self shaped their conceptions of their bodies, families, religious and social communities, space and place, and political sensibilities. Weisenfeld draws on extensive archival research and incorporates a rich array of sources to highlight the experiences of average members."--Publisher's description.