Masterpieces of Negro Eloquence

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Masterpieces of Negro Eloquence by Alice Moore Dunbar-Nelson.

Contents

• MASTERPIECES OF NEGRO ELOQUENCE6
• ALICE MOORE DUNBAR6
• PREFACE10
• THE PEOPLE OF HAYTI AND A PLAN OF EMIGRATION[1]11
• TOUSSAINT L'OUVERTURE AND THE HAYTIAN REVOLUTIONS[2]15
• LIBERIA: ITS STRUGGLES AND ITS PROMISES[3]24
• WHAT TO THE SLAVE IS THE FOURTH OF JULY?[4] [4]30
• SHOULD COLORED MEN BE SUBJECT TO THE PAINS AND PENALTIES OF THE FUGITIVE SLAVE LAW?[5]34
• YOUNG MEN, TO THE FRONT!43
• THE CIVIL RIGHTS' BELL[6]45
• CIVIL RIGHTS AND SOCIAL EQUALITY[9]59
• ALEXANDER DUMAS, FILS[10]63
• A MEMORIAL DISCOURSE[13]69
• CRISPUS ATTUCKS[14]82
• ORATION ON THE OCCASION OF THE UNVEILING OF FREEDMEN'S MONUMENT[15]87
• ADDRESS DURING THE PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN OF 1880[17]98
• THE BLACK WOMAN OF THE SOUTH: HER NEGLECTS AND HER NEEDS[18]103
• AN OPEN LETTER TO THE EDUCATIONAL LEAGUE OF GEORGIA[19]113
• IN THE WAKE OF THE COMING AGES[20]116
• AN ADDRESS DELIVERED AT THE OPENING OF THE COTTON STATES AND INTERNATIONAL EXPOSITION[21]118
• THE NEGRO AS A SOLDIER[22]122
• AN ADDRESS AT THE UNVEILING OF THE ROBERT GOULD SHAW MONUMENT[23]135
• THE LIMITLESS POSSIBILITIES OF THE NEGRO RACE[24]139
• THE PARTY OF FREEDOM AND THE FREEDMEN—A RECIPROCAL DUTY[25]144
• THE TEACHINGS OF HISTORY CONSIDERED IN RELATION TO RACE PROBLEMS IN AMERICA[26]150
• A DEFENSE OF THE NEGRO RACE[28]153
• THE NEGRO'S PART IN THE REDEMPTION OF AFRICA[29]160
• A PLEA FOR INDUSTRIAL OPPORTUNITY[30]165
• AN APPEAL TO OUR BROTHER IN WHITE[31]169
• THE POLITICAL OUTLOOK FOR AFRICA[32]172
• THE DUTY AND RESPONSIBILITY OF THE ANGLO-SAXON IDEA OF CITIZENSHIP[33]173
• THE ARMY AS A TRAINED FORCE[34]182
• THE SUNDAY-SCHOOL AND CHURCH AS A SOLUTION OF THE NEGRO PROBLEM[35]191
• WILLIAM LLOYD GARRISON: A CENTENNIAL ORATION[36]201
• ABRAHAM LINCOLN[37]211
• ABRAHAM LINCOLN AND FIFTY YEARS OF FREEDOM[38]214
• ADDRESS ON THE OCCASION OF THE PRESENTATION OF A LOVING CUP TO HON. JOSEPH BENSON FORAKER, UNITED STATES SENATOR[39]222
• EQUALITY OF RIGHTS FOR ALL CITIZENS, BLACK AND WHITE, ALIKE[40]228
• IS THE GAME WORTH THE CANDLE?[41]234
• SOME ELEMENTS NECESSARY TO RACE DEVELOPMENT[42]241
• THE TWO SEALS[43]249
• A SOLUTION OF THE RACE PROBLEM[44]256
• THE SOCIAL BEARINGS OF THE FIFTH COMMANDMENT261
• LIFE'S MORN[45]266
• AN ADDRESS DELIVERED BEFORE THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF MASSACHUSETTS[46]270
• THE LIFE OF SOCIAL SERVICE AS EXEMPLIFIED IN DAVID LIVINGSTONE[47]281
• EDUCATION FOR MANHOOD[48]294
• A FEW REMARKS ON MAKING A LIFE[49]301
• EMANCIPATION AND RACIAL ADVANCEMENT[50]305
• THE FUTURE OF THE NEGRO CHURCH[51]314
• THE NEGRO LAWYER; HIS OPPORTUNITY, HIS DUTY[52]319
• THE TRAINING OF NEGROES FOR SOCIAL REFORM[53]325
• FOOTNOTES:362
• THE FULL PROJECT GUTENBERG LICENSE366

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