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Summary
Summary
A rich and rewarding collection that will repay many reading by students of Afro-American, social, and political history.
Author Notes
Leon Litwack is the Morrison Professor of History at the University of California at Berkeley. The author of North of Slavery: The Negro in the Free State, 1790-1860, he received the Pulitzer Prize in history and the Francis Parkman Prize for Been in the Storm So Long: The Aftermath of Slavery. August Meier, author of Negro Thought in America, 1880-1915 and co-author of Black History and the Historical Profession, 1915-1980, is professor of history at Kent State University.
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Booklist Review
This companion to Black Leaders of the Twentieth Century (Booklist 78:999 Ap 1 82) brings together 17 biographical essays that encapsulate the lives of black men and women important in te long and arduous path toward racial equality, not only in the polling place but also in society at large. Some of the figures discussed here are immediately recognizable-Nat Turner, Harriet Tubman, and Frederick Douglass. Others have less universal name recognition but are not necessarily less important in their impact; these include emigrationist Martin R. Delany, who was involved with the Back to Africa movement; educator Peter Humphries Clark; and preacher Richard Allen. The essays, written by specialists in the field, deal with these individuals' differing mentalities and methods for effecting black integrity. Bibliography, notes on contributors, and index. BH. 920'.009296073 Afro-Americans-Biography / Afro-Americans-History-19th century [CIP] 87-19439
Library Journal Review
Another volume in an excellent series, this complements Black Leaders of the Twentieth Century ( LJ 4/1/82). Seventeen authors have contributed 16 unfootnoted essays (one is coauthored) on important American black leaders. Among the notable pieces are Peter Wood's on Nat Turner, Benjamin Quarles's on Harriet Tubman, Waldo Martin's on Frederick Douglass, and George Wright's on William Steward. Strongly recommended for most college and university libraries and others with black history collections. Joseph G. Dawson III, Texas A&M Univ., College Station (c) Copyright 2010. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.
Table of Contents
| Introduction | p. ix |
| 1 Richard Allen and the African Church Movement | p. 1 |
| 2 Nat Turner: The Unknown Slave as Visionary Leader | p. 21 |
| 3 Harriet Tubman's Unlikely Leadership | p. 43 |
| 4 Frederick Douglass: Humanist as Race Leader | p. 59 |
| 5 Mary Ann Shadd and the Search for Equality | p. 87 |
| 6 John Mercer Langston: Principle and Politics | p. 103 |
| 7 A Last Stern Struggle: Henry Highland Garnet and Liberation Theory | p. 129 |
| 8 Martin R. Delany: Elitism and Black Nationalism | p. 149 |
| 9 Peter Humphries Clark: The Dialogue of Hope and Despair | p. 173 |
| 10 Three Reconstruction Leaders: Blanche K. Bruce, Robert Brown Elliott, and Holland Thompson | p. 191 |
| 11 Black Reconstruction Leaders at the Grass Roots | p. 219 |
| 12 Alexander Crummell: Black Nationalist and Apostle of Western Civilization | p. 237 |
| 13 The Education of Henry McNeal Turner | p. 253 |
| 14 William Henry Steward: Moderate Approach to Black Leadership | p. 275 |
| 15 Isaiah T. Montgomery's Balancing Act | p. 291 |
| 16 Mary Church Terrell: Genteel Militant | p. 307 |
| Bibliographical Essay | p. 323 |
| Notes on Contributors | p. 333 |
| Index | p. 335 |