Light Ahead for the Negro

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Light Ahead for the Negro by Edward A. Johnson.

Contents

• LIGHT AHEAD FOR THE NEGRO6
• PREFACE9
• Light Ahead for the Negro CHAPTER I11
• THE LOST AIRSHIP—UNCONSCIOUSNESS12
• CHAPTER II15
• TO EARTH AGAIN—ONE HUNDRED YEARS LATER15
• CHAPTER III19
• AT THE PUBLIC LIBRARY WITH IRENE19
• CHAPTER IV23
• NOW AND THEN23
• “RECONSTRUCTION AND NEGRO GOVERNMENT.36
• “NEGRO DISFRANCHISEMENT48
• “WHAT DR. F. A. NOBLE THINKS48
• “WHAT HON. CARL SCHURZ THINKS49
• “WHAT THE ‘NEW YORK EVENING POST’ THINKS52
• “WHAT ‘THE OUTLOOK’ THINKS53
• “WHAT GOV. AYCOCK, OF NORTH CAROLINA, THINKS53
• CHAPTER V57
• A VISIT TO PUBLIC BUILDINGS57
• CHAPTER VI62
• A RIDE WITH IRENE62
• CHAPTER VII65
• DR. NEWELL AND WORK OF THE YOUNG LADIES’ GUILDS65
• CHAPTER VIII68
• WITH IRENE AGAIN68
• CHAPTER IX70
• THE PRIZE ESSAY70
• THE KIND OF EDUCATION THE NEGRO NEEDS70
• “How it can be done73
• CHAPTER X76
• SAD NEWS FOR IRENE76
• FOOTNOTES:78
• NEGRO TORN FROM JAIL BY AN OHIO MOB.82
• A NEGRO HONORED.84
• COLUMBUS, GEORGIA, ERECTS A MONUMENT TO A HEROIC LABORER.85
• BURNING OF NEGROES.85
• DOES THE NEGRO GET JUSTICE IN OUR COURTS?89
• A CLOSE CONTEST.90
• Transcriber’s Note:90
• THE FULL PROJECT GUTENBERG LICENSE92

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