To lift up my race : the essential writings of Samuel Robert Cassius / edited by Edward J. Robinson.

Author/creator Cassius, Samuel Robert
Other author Robinson, Edward J., 1967-
Format Book
Edition1st ed.
Publication InfoKnoxville, TN : University of Tennessee Press, ©2008.
Descriptionxxiv, 215 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Subjects

Contents Introduction: The worlds of Samuel Robert Cassius -- Racial uplift through evangelism -- "The one object of my life" : Cassius's evangelism program -- Family matters : a glimpse into Cassius's home life -- Friends in white and black : Cassius's relationships with common and uncommon people -- Racial uplift through religious education -- "To lift up my race" : Cassius's educational program -- The Cassius canon : Cassius's use of the Bible -- Racial uplift through race pride -- The Black man's paradise : Cassius and the Oklahoma experience -- America's "race problem" : Cassius and race relations -- Racial uplift through writing and traveling -- "The third birth of a nation" : racial thought -- The first globetrotter : many sojourns.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. [211]-212) and index.
LCCN 2007028333
ISBN9781572336186 (hardcover : alk. paper)
ISBN1572336188 (hardcover : alk. paper)

Availability

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Joyner General Stacks BR563.B53 C38 2008 ✔ Available Place Hold