The Dissenters
[compiled by] John Langston Gwaltney
Twenty-seven remarkable people talk about their personal experiences of dissent, the battles they have fought, and they discuss what made them dissenters.
Read Time: ~4.3 hr
Leading the race
by Jacqueline M. Moore (1999)
About this book
"Historians of the African American experience after Reconstruction have tended to imply that the black elite served only their own interests, that their exclusive control of black institutions precluded efforts to improve the status of African Americans in general. In Leading the Race, Jacqueline M. Moore reevaluates the role of this black elite by examining how their self-interest interacted with the needs of the black community in Washington, D.C., the center of black society at the turn of the century."--BOOK JACKET.
Setting / LocationGlobal
Story EraModern Era
Protagonist / CoreLeading the race Lead Character
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