Colored girls and boys inspiring United States history, by William Henry Harrison, Jr

About this eBook

Author

Harrison, William Henry

Title

Colored girls and boys' inspiring United States history and a heart to heart talk about white folks

Credits

Produced by Turgut Dincer, Chuck Greif and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)

Language

English

LoC Class

E151: History: America: United States

Subject

United States -- Race relations -- Juvenile literature

Category

Text

Project Gutenberg

eBook-No. 57181

Release Date

May 19, 2018

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.C O L O R E D GIRLS AND BOYS’ INSPIRING U N I T E D S T A T E S H I S T O R Y AND A HEART TO HEART TALK ABOUT W H I T E F O L K S BY William Henry Harrison, Jr.
2. 2.TABLE OF CONTENTS
3. 3.AUTHOR’S PREFACE Not to Boast but to Boost
4. 4.FIRST AFRICANS VISIT VIRGINIA Invited Guests Detained — Answered Prayers
5. 5.THE COLORED RACE IN THE WARS OF THE U. S. In the Colonial, French and Indian Wars (1704-1759)
6. 6.IN THE REVOLUTIONARY WAR (1775-1783) Crispus Attucks — In the War of 1812 (1812) — In the Mexican War (1845-1847)
7. 7.THROUGH THE “UNDERGROUND RAILROAD” Every Local Was a Special
8. 8.IN THE CIVIL WAR (1861-1865) Abraham Lincoln — On the Sea
9. 9.ON THE PLANTATIONS Broad-Mindedness
10. 10.FOLK-LORE SONGS OF THE AMERICAN NEGRO Different Emotions
11. 11.THROUGH RECONSTRUCTION DAYS Frederick Douglass — BOLEY, OKLAHOMA
12. 12.IN CONGRESS — In The U. S. Diplomatic Service — In State Legislatures — In City Government
13. 13.IN THE SPANISH-AMERICAN WAR — In the Massacre at Carrizal
14. 14.IN THE WORLD WAR (1914-1918) James Reese Europe — Special National Guards
15. 15.ON THE SEA “Of The People, By The People, For The People.”
16. 16.THE STEVEDORES
17. 17.HIGHEST COLORED OFFICERS IN THE UNITED STATES ARMY A Brunette General
18. 18.IN THE WORLD WAR At Home — At Home Buying Liberty Bonds
19. 19.IN THE CHURCHES Fresh Air Religion — “To Pastor A Large White Church”
20. 20.IN THE SUNDAY SCHOOLS
21. 21.THE YOUNG WOMEN’S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION The Girl Reserve
22. 22.THE YOUNG MEN’S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION The “Y” Men
23. 23.NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF COLORED WOMEN National Colored Club Women
24. 24.National Uplift Organization founded and run by Negroes — The National Negro Business League — Association For The Study of Negro Life and History — The National Equal Rights League — The Lincoln League of America — National Association of Teachers for Colored Schools — Negro Organization Society
25. 25.THE PAN-AFRICAN CONGRESS
26. 26.MARCUS GARVEY
27. 27.ON THE FARM
28. 28.ON THE FARM Chestnut Hunting
29. 29.IN THE TRADE SCHOOLS Booker T. Washington — IN THE TRADE SCHOOLS
30. 30.IN THE RURAL SCHOOLS
31. 31.IN BUSINESS SCHOOLS The Pen and the Typewriter
32. 32.IN BUSINESS RACIAL CO-OPERATION
33. 33.IN BANKING Every Dollar Saved Shows a Little More (Sense) Cents
34. 34.IN REAL ESTATE.
35. 35.IN INSURANCE Poverty in Old Age
36. 36.SECRET AND FRATERNAL ORGANS Helpful Boosts.
37. 37.AMONG THE LAWYERS A Lawyer in Time Saves Many a Dime.
38. 38.IN NEWSPAPER WORK Newspapers and Magazines. — Religious Papers — National Negro Press Association — The Associated Negro Press — “The Burning Disgrace of ‘Race Riot’ ” . — In Magazine Writing
39. 39.IN BOOK WRITING Inspiring Books — Noted Colored Statisticians — Colored Orators and Lecturers
40. 40.IN HIGHER EDUCATION
41. 41.IN THE SCIENCES Mat Henson
42. 42.IN MEDICINE. The Medicine Man — Hospitals and Nurses
43. 43.IN DENTISTRY The Toothache Man.
44. 44.IN INVENTIONS New Ideas—new Things.
45. 45.IN POETRY The Poets
46. 46.AMONG THE ARTISTS The Artist. — Architects
47. 47.AMONG THE SCULPTORS Magic Chisels.
48. 48.IN VOCAL MUSIC Heavens Repast.
49. 49.IN INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC Music’s Power.
50. 50.IN ATHLETICS Some Man. — In Football — On The Track and Field — Edward Orval Gourdin — Extra! Extra! Extra! Special Delivery Red Rush Telegram! — “By Wilton Vaugh” — “Amazing Record” — Track and Field Records Held by Colored Youths — Track Amateur World Records — Colored Youths Who Have Won Unusual Distinctions in Track and Field Work in White Colleges. — Howard and Lincoln at the University of Pennsylvania — Colored Athletes in Colored Universities and Colleges.
51. 51.BASEBALL “Play Ball.”
52. 52.BASKETBALL George Gilmore.
53. 53.PRIZE FIGHTING. “Jack” Johnson.
54. 54.ROWING To Whom It May Concern:
55. 55.SWIMMING Diving-Treading-Floating.
56. 56.SKATING. Dutch Roll Figure Eight-Grape-vine Twist
57. 57.TENNIS It’s All in The Game
58. 58.GOLFING “Tee-Off” and “Fore”
59. 59.An Athletic Dawn of To-morrow
60. 60.ON THE STAGE Charles L. Gilpin
61. 61.“REAL WHITE” FRIENDS Hopefulness and Gratefulness. — The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. — Done in 1920 — Program for 1921 — National Urban League
62. 62.CORRECTED FRATERNAL INFORMATION — “MASONS” — “ODD FELLOWS” — “KNIGHTS OF PYTHIAS OF NORTH AMERICA, SOUTH AMERICA, EUROPE, ASIA, AFRICA, AND AUSTRALIA.” — “KNIGHTS OF PYTHIAS (EASTERN AND WESTERN HEMISPHERE.)”
63. 63.I MUST PROCLAIM YOUR ABSENT NAME IS NOT MY BLAME
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