Title:
Between Washington and Du Bois : the racial politics of James Edward Shepard
Author:
Ellis, Reginald K., author.
ISBN:
9780813056609
9780813064918
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Physical Description:
xi, 146 pages ; 24 cm
Contents:
Introduction -- The emergence of a black leader during the age of Jim Crow and black racial uplift in North Carolina -- Change the man and the environments will be changed by man?: The creation of the National Religious Training Institution and Chautauqua for the Negro Race -- Creating an intellectual partnership while easing the white man's burden: James E. Shepard advancing the race through is intellectual partnerships -- Behind enemy lines with no beach head: James E. Shepard's relationship with the NAACP during the Jim Crow Era -- Are you for me or against me? The political life of James E. Shepard -- Don't crash the gate but stand on your own feet! Shepard and his legacy -- Epilogue: a legacy continued.
Abstract:
James E. Shepard of North Carolina, like Booker T. Washington in Alabama, was one of the most influential African Americans in his state. This study is more than a biography of an influential African American, but an analytical study of a black leader during the age of Jim Crow in the South.
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