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978-1-61147-544-9 • Hardback • November 2012 • $101.00 • (£78.00)
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Lenwood G. Davis is adjunct professor in the Department of English & Foreign Languages at Winston-Salem State University.
IntroductionI.LITERATURECommentary
1.Introduction to book
2.Negro Contributions to the Literature of the World
II.FREEDOM Commentary
1.Liberty, Not Lawlessness
III.BUSINESSCommentary
1.The Negro as a Real Estate Dealer
IV.THE SOUTHCommentary
1.The Possibilities and Opportunities of the Negro in the South
2.The Challenge of the South
3.Is The North or the South Fairer to the Negro? (The South)
V.RACE RELATIONSCommentary
1.Message to the Negro Race
2.America and the Race Problem
3.Racial Relationships in North Carolina
VI.RELIGIONCommentary
1.Work Among the Negroes
2.Work Among the Negroes in America
3.Religious Education among the Negroes
4.Religious Training, the Hope of the Negro Race
VII.EDUCATIONCommentary
1.The True Solution
2An Appeal Supported By Facts and Reason
3.Are the People of North Carolina Willing to Approve this Request?
4.A Message from Our President
5.Negro Education
6.Education in a Democracy
VIII.POLITICS
Commentary
1.Colored Men (Should) Vote For Taft
IX.FOREIGN TRAVELCommentary
1.Foreign Travels
2.Cuba and Her People
X.NORTH CAROLINACommentary
1.The Spirit of North Carolina
2Inter Racial Progresses in North Carolina
XI.DISCRIMINATIONCommentary
- Racial Discrimination
- Discrimination Against Negroes
XII.DEMOCRACYCommentary
1.Democracy and Education
2.Plea for Democracy
3.Our Tasks
4These Eighty Years
XIII.WORLD WAR TWOCommentary
1.Letter To President Franklin D. Roosevelt
2.Let’s Win the War
3. Our Mutual Tasks
NOTES
BIBLIOGRAPHY
INDEX
Lenwood G. Davis and Janie Miller's Selected Writings and Speeches of James E. Shepard, 1896-1946: Founder of North Carolina Central University offers and insightful view of Shepard's approach to racial uplift. . . .[T]his book provides an excellent source of primary documents, including newspapers articles, speeches, and correspondence, from an African American leader during the Jim Crow era. It is well researched and ably edited. After a careful read, researches of North Carolina history and black leaders of the early twentieth century will gain a better understanding and appreciation of the complex decisions made by Shepard and southern black leaders. This text is recommended for anyone who is considering research on a southern black leader during the Jim Crow era.
— Journal of Southern History