Progress and Achievements of the Colored People

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Author

Gay, Joseph R.

Title

Progress and Achievements of the Colored People Containing the Story of the Wonderful Advancement of the Colored Americans—the Most Marvelous in the History of Nations—Their Past Accomplishments, Together With Their Present-day Opportunities and a Glimpse Into the Future for Further Developments—the Dawn of a Triumphant Era. A Handbook for Self-improvement Which Leads to Greater Success

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Richard Tonsing and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)

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English

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E151: History: America: United States

Subject

African Americans -- Social conditions -- To 1964

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Project Gutenberg

eBook-No. 65692

Release Date

June 24, 2021

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.PROGRESS AND ACHIEVEMENTS OF THE COLORED PEOPLE CONTAINING THE STORY OF THE WONDERFUL ADVANCEMENT OF THE COLORED AMERICANS—THE MOST MARVELOUS IN THE HISTORY OF NATIONS—THEIR PAST ACCOMPLISHMENTS, TOGETHER WITH THEIR PRESENT-DAY OPPORTUNITIES AND A GLIMPSE INTO THE FUTURE FOR FURTHER DEVELOPMENTS—THE DAWN OF A TRIUMPHANT ERA. :: :: :: :: :: A HANDBOOK FOR SELF-IMPROVEMENT WHICH LEADS TO GREATER SUCCESS
2. 2.FOREWORD.
3. 3.CONTENTS. Progress and Achievements of the Colored People
4. 4.THE COMING MEN OF THE RACE Our Young Men Will Be Our Future Leaders — EXAMPLES OF SUCCESS — MUSIC COMPOSERS AND PIANISTS — VOCAL ARTISTS AND PRIMA DONNAS — PAINTERS — SCULPTORS — ACTORS AND POETS — INVENTORS — GREAT DEMAND FOR WISE LEADERS — FUTURE LEADERS NOW UNKNOWN YOUTH — PERHAPS YOUR BOY WILL LEAD THE RACE — THE CHURCH OFFERS HIGH INDUCEMENTS — YOUR CHILDREN MAY BECOME DISTINGUISHED
5. 5.THE TURNING POINT The Progress of the Colored American; His Chance in the Business World — THE SIGNS OF THE TIMES
6. 6.THE PROGRESSIVE COLORED AMERICAN EARNS RESPECT FOR HIS RACE What Other Races are Doing to Rise—Persistence and Determination Will Win — THE FLANNEL MOUTHED IRISHMAN — BECAUSE HE ALWAYS APPLIES THE VULGAR EPITHET TO HIS RACE
7. 7.INCREASE OF OPPORTUNITIES FOR COLORED AMERICANS Trades, Business Occupations, and Professions Opening Up in Every Part of the United States—Four Hundred Millions of Acres of Fertile Land Waiting for the Tiller—Agricultural and Mechanical Facilities Multiply—Honor and Profit Within the Grasp of Every Colored American — TRAINING SCHOOLS FOR WOMEN — TRADE AND MANUFACTURING PURSUITS — THE JEW, THE IRISHMAN AND THE ITALIAN — THE SKILLED WORKMAN — FORTUNES TO BE MADE — THE FIELD OF OPPORTUNITY
8. 8.THE COLORED AMERICAN IN THE EMPLOY OF THE UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT The Army, Navy, Government Services, and Legislatures—Opportunities to Colored Americans to Distinguish Themselves—Heroes and Patriots Furnished by the Race—The Advantage of Discipline in the Formation of Character—Avenues to Honor and Renown. — IN THE ARMY AND NAVY — FORCE OF CHARACTER — RECORDS OF THE WAR DEPARTMENT — IN THE GOVERNMENT SERVICE — THE DIGNITY OF THE RACE
9. 9.THE COLORED AMERICAN IN THE SERVICE OF GOD The Church as a Career for Colored Americans—Influence of Religion a Powerful Incentive to Success—Opportunities to Follow an Honorable Vocation—High Religious Aspirations an Inborn Sentiment of the Race—Men Who Have Been Pioneers in the Field. — THE FORCE FOR GOOD — THE CAUSE OF RELIGION — YOUNG MEN’S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION
10. 10.LEADERS OF AMERICA WHOSE EARS ARE CLOSE TO THE GROUND Americans, Regardless of Color, Who are Leading the People out of the Wilderness and Teaching the Brotherhood of Man. — THEODORE ROOSEVELT — PROF. BOOKER T. WASHINGTON — SELF HELP FOR YOUTH — PRESIDENT WILSON — DR. W. E. BURGHARDT DUBOIS — WILLIAM JENNINGS BRYAN
11. 11.THE COLORED AMERICANS’ NATIONALITY — “I AM AN AMERICAN, SIR” — BRICKLAYERS AND CARPENTERS — THE FIELD OF ORGANIZED LABOR
12. 12.THE FOUR DIVISIONS of MANKIND The African One of the Purest Types — MAKING THE BURDEN OF LIFE MORE ENJOYABLE — THE JEWS HAVE AGES OF LEARNING
13. 13.THE WORLD’S CONGRESS of RACES Great Importance of Colored Race in the Tremendous World Upward Movement One Thousand Delegates from Fifty Different Races Proclaim Uplift of People — THE POSSIBILITY OF PROGRESS — BLACK MEN ORIGINATE EGYPTIAN CIVILIZATION — PIGMENT OF COLOR TO GUARD THE SKIN — ALL NATIONS AND TRIBES ONE GREAT FAMILY — WARS BETWEEN JEWS AND ETHIOPIANS
14. 14.PROGRESS OF THE DIFFERENT RACES OF MANKIND Marvelous Rise of the Japanese from Barbarism in Five Decades—The Jews without a National Government Rule the Finances and Commerce of the World—China in Contact with Civilization Has Created a Great Republic—The American Indian Raised From Savagery to Peaceful, Profitable Pursuits—The Colored American’s Part and Opportunities in the Great Onward Movement — THE RISE OF THE ROMAN EMPIRE — THE JEWS — ADVANCEMENT OF THE JEWS — THE JEWS THIRST FOR KNOWLEDGE — THE AMERICAN INDIAN — RESULTS OF EDUCATION — THE JAPANESE AS AN ILLUSTRATION — THE CHINESE
15. 15.ETHIOPIA, THE GREAT BLACK EMPIRE THE AUTHORITY OF THE BIBLE AND ALSO RECENT DISCOVERIES IN AFRICA PROVE THE ANCIENT AND POWERFUL CIVILIZATION OF THE COLORED RACE 3,000 YEARS B. C.—THE STORY OF CANDACE, THE BEAUTIFUL BLACK QUEEN OF ETHIOPIA, AND THE MARRIAGE OF MOSES TO AN ETHIOPIAN WOMAN 1490 B. C.—HOW PIANKHI, THE BLACK KING, CONQUERED EGYPT 750 B. C., AND HOW EGYPT TOOK HER CIVILIZATION FROM ETHIOPIA. — THE BLACK NATIONS A POWERFUL CIVILIZATION — THE BLACK KINGS — THE BEAUTIFUL BLACK QUEEN — ETHIOPIANS FIRST LIVING MEN — THEATRES, PALACES AND TEMPLES — MOSES MARRIED A COLORED WOMAN — GREAT ANCESTRY OF COLORED RACE — THE BIBLE AS A PROOF — BLACK MEN DISCOVER ART OF WORKING METALS
16. 16.The Genius of Colored Americans in Literature; The Arts and Sciences Inherited From the Ancient Ethiopians Read, Study, and Educate up to Opportunities—A High Racial Type Appears in Modern Times—A Cause for Pride and an Incentive to Action, Energy and Efficiency. — THE QUEEN OF SHEBA AND SOLOMON — THE ETHIOPIANS CONQUERED EGYPT — BLACK QUEENS WHEN CHRIST WAS BORN — ETHIOPIAN WOMEN HELD IN HIGH ESTEEM — ANCIENT EGYPTIANS WERE NEGROES — THE JEW AND THE COLORED MAN
17. 17.DEVELOPMENT OF THE RACE IN THE UNITED STATES The Result of a Great Civilized Ancestry—Some of our Colored Americans, Their Doings and Their Personality — THE CASE OF THE JAPANESE — A GREAT DIVISION OF THE HUMAN FAMILY — OPPORTUNITY AND ADVANTAGES OF COLORED AMERICANS — ECONOMIC PROGRESS — INTELLECTUAL PROGRESS — AUTHORS, WRITERS, POETS AND THE FINE ARTS
18. 18.THE OVERGROUND RAILROAD A Mighty Way to Progress—The Underground Railroad a Thing of the Past — SUCCESS THROUGH SELF HELP
19. 19.TRAIN YOURSELF FOR YOUR LIFE’S WORK Physical Development—Exercise for Pleasure and Profit—Uniformity in the Use of the Muscles—General and Special Muscle Training—Systematic Hardening of the Body—Various Kinds of Exercises—Key to Good Health and Mental Activity A Strong Healthy Man Is Always Selected for the Best Positions — ETHIOPIANS NEARLY PERFECT
20. 20.THE TEACHER, DOCTOR, LAWYER, CLERGYMAN—WHICH ARE YOU FITTED FOR?
21. 21.THE ROAD TO SUCCESS OR EASY LESSONS FOR EVERY DAY LIFE
22. 22.THE MAN OF HOPE; THE MAN OF DESPAIR; AND THE MAN OF “DON’T CARE” Optimism, Pessimism, Indifference
23. 23.THE PLEASURES OF THE FLESH, and the PLEASURES OF THE MIND
24. 24.THE SURVIVAL OF THE FITTEST The Laws of Nature Determine Who Shall Live, and Who Shall Die
25. 25.THE VICTORY OF THE MAN WHO DARES — THE WISE MAN’S PHILOSOPHY — The Secret of Successful Work — The Key to Success — Start Right in Life By Avoiding Foolish and Unnecessary Extravagances — Quick Sales and Small Profits — The Early Bird Gets the Worm — OPEN A SAVINGS BANK ACCOUNT — SAVE YOUR MONEY AND MAKE IT WORK FOR YOU — BECOME A LAND OWNER — OWN YOUR OWN HOME — DON’T BORROW MONEY FOR NEEDLESS EXPENSES — ESTABLISH A REPUTATION FOR YOURSELF — IMPROVE PRESENT OPPORTUNITIES — HOW TO MAKE USE OF VALUABLE SPARE TIME — FIT YOURSELF FOR SOME TRADE OR CALLING — WORK FOR SUCCESS WHILE YOUNG — Opportunity for Business Life — Build Up Your Credit — Stiffen Your Backbone and Keep on Climbing — Keep in the Race, Don’t Give Up — Keep an Eye on the Future — Produce Something and Increase Your Own Value to the World — STOP, LOOK, LISTEN! — BE EVERY MAN’S FRIEND — Help Your Fellow Man — Take Counsel of Your Best Friends — SELECT YOUR OWN COMPANY — KEEP YOUR NERVE — STUDY YOUR HEALTH — MAKING ONE HAND WASH THE OTHER — SUPERSTITION AND LUCK — GOOD AND BAD LUCK — BE SLOW TO ANGER — PRACTICE LOGIC, COMMON SENSE AND TACT — ENCOURAGE OTHERS — HOW TO LEARN SELF-CONTROL — DON’T BE A DREAMER — DON’T BE BASHFUL — DON’T BE UNDECIDED — DON’T BE TOO BIG FOR YOUR BUSINESS — DON’T GET DISCOURAGED — DON’T BE PREJUDICED — DON’T BE SMALL MINDED — DON’T WASTE TIME — DON’T DECEIVE YOURSELF — DON’T HIDE YOUR FAULTS — DON’T BE A PESSIMIST, BE AN OPTIMIST — DON’T BE A COWARD — DO NOT SPEAK EVIL OF ANY ONE — DO NOT NEGLECT YOUR PARENTS OR YOUR FAMILY — Do Not Drink Alcohol Or Form Other Bad Habits — Do Not Be a Spendthrift — DON’T BE A KICKER OR A KNOCKER — A GOOD WOMAN THE GLORY OF MAN — EDUCATE YOUR CHILDREN — THE GOLDEN RULE, OR THE PRINCIPLE OF LIVE AND LET LIVE — DON’T GO INTO PARTNERSHIP WITH “THE DEVIL” — HONESTY THE BEST POLICY — Do As You Would Be Done By — Keep in Touch With God — Do Not Try to Succeed Without the Help of God — The More a Man Gains Wisdom the Nearer He Gets to God — Do Not Violate the Laws of Nature — The Devil’s Work in the Home, in Society, in Business, in Politics, and in Every Walk of Life
26. 26.PROGRESS IN EDUCATION. — INTRODUCTION.
27. 27.HISTORY OF NEGRO EDUCATION. — THE EARLY TEACHING OF SLAVES. — PRE-CIVIL-WAR PERIOD.
28. 28.EDUCATION AS A SOLDIER. — CHURCH SCHOOLS AFTER THE WAR.
29. 29.PUBLIC PROVISION FOR NEGRO EDUCATION.
30. 30.SCHOOLS MAINTAINED BY PRIVATE AGENCIES.
31. 31.INDEPENDENT SCHOOLS.
32. 32.SCHOOLS MAINTAINED BY INDEPENDENT BOARD OF TRUSTEES.
33. 33.WHITE CHURCH BOARDS MAINTAINING COLORED SCHOOLS.
34. 34.COLORED CHURCH BOARDS MAINTAINING SCHOOLS.
35. 35.OTHER AGENCIES INTERESTED IN NEGRO EDUCATION.
36. 36.HOSPITALS AND NURSE TRAINING SCHOOLS.
37. 37.THE THREE IMPORTANT TYPES OF EDUCATION.
38. 38.THE TRAINING OF CHILDREN The Child an Imitator — CHILD’S FUTURE MOLDED BY EXAMPLE — GLITTERING IMITATIONS A SERIOUS EVIL — GUIDANCE IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION — GOOD MANNERS AND SOCIAL ETIQUETTE
39. 39.GIVE YOUR BOYS AND GIRLS THE OPPORTUNITY TO DEVELOP THEIR TRUE NATURES — DIRECT YOUR CHILD’S ENERGY — KEEPING THE BOY BUSY — ENCOURAGEMENT FOR THE BOY — THE SOUL NEEDS SPACE TO DEVELOP
40. 40.DEVELOPING MORAL CHARACTER — HOME THE PLACE FOR STUDY — IMPRESSIONS MADE BY THE EYE — THE HOME THE SOCIAL CENTER — APPETITE AS A FACTOR IN CHARACTER — STORY OF THE TWO BROTHERS — APPETITE MAY BE ACQUIRED — THE PERIOD OF “COLTISHNESS” — SUBJUGATION OF THE APPETITE — PROPER APPLICATION OF OUR DESIRES — SOWING SEEDS OF KINDLINESS — RESENTMENT AGAINST INJUSTICE — THE JOYS OF CHEERFULNESS — PRINCIPLE AND CONSCIENCE — WILL DISTINGUISHED FROM CONSCIENCE — DUTY BEGINS IN THE HOME
41. 41.REVERENCE AND RESPECT — EVIL EFFECTS OF BAD EXAMPLE, ETC. — LOVE, HONOR AND REVERENCE — CHINESE RESPECT FOR PARENTS AND AGED — RESPECT IN THE SCHOOL ROOM — LOVE AND REVERENCE FOR ONE’S COUNTRY
42. 42.DUTIES OF CHILDREN TO THEIR PARENTS — CHILDREN SHOULD SHARE IN DUTIES — COURTESIES DUE THE MOTHER — MOTHER SHOULD BE CONFIDED IN — THE DUTIES OF HUSBAND AND WIFE TO EACH OTHER — AS TO FINANCIAL OBLIGATIONS — REGARD, PROTECTION AND CONSIDERATION — MOTHER THE HIGHEST TYPE OF HUMANITY
43. 43.THE FUTURE OF THE CHILD, THE FUTURE OF THE RACE — HOME LIFE A JOYFUL OCCUPATION — NEED OF CARE AND WATCHFULNESS
44. 44.THE WAY TO PERFECT HEALTH The Human Body and How it is Made—How to Take Care of Yourself—Rules for a Long and Happy Life—General Information — THE HUMAN BODY AND ITS CONSTRUCTION — PROPER FOOD AND ITS IMPORTANCE — CLOTHING AND ITS RELATION TO HEALTH — THE BATH AND ITS IMPORTANCE — HOT WEATHER BATH SUGGESTIONS — SLEEP AND ITS VALUE — VENTILATION OF BEDROOMS — REGULARITY OF HABITS
45. 45.GENERAL HEALTH CONDITIONS Guard Your Water Supply—How Diseases Are Classified—How to Prevent Contagion—Care of the Sick Room—Disinfection, Its Importance and Its Methods—Period of Isolation or Quarantine—Duty of All Households Where Sickness Has Invaded, to Guard Others Against Its Spread. — GUARD YOUR WATER SUPPLY — HOW DISEASES ARE CLASSIFIED — HOW TO PREVENT CONTAGION — CARE OF THE SICK ROOM — DISINFECTION, ITS IMPORTANCE AND ITS METHODS — PERIOD OF ISOLATION OR QUARANTINE
46. 46.COMMON SENSE IN THE SICK ROOM Ventilation, Light, Temperature and Furnishings—Care of the Patient—His Temperature and Pulse—Bed Sores—The Characteristics of Fever—Simple Household Remedies—What to Put in a Remedy Cupboard—How to Keep the Baby Well — CARE OF THE PATIENT — TEMPERATURE AND PULSE — SIMPLE HOUSEHOLD REMEDIES, HERBS AND OTHERWISE — WHAT TO PUT IN A REMEDY CUPBOARD — HOW TO KEEP THE BABY WELL
47. 47.RULES FOR ACCIDENTS AND EMERGENCIES Poisons and Their Treatment—Bites, Stings, Bruises, Splinters, Cuts, Sprains and Burns—Lockjaw—Poison Ivy—How to Bring the Drowned to Life—Suffocation—Fainting—Sunstroke—Freezing—The Eyes and How to Care for Them—Earache and Toothache—Felons, Warts, Corns and Boils—Home Remedies for Diphtheria—Treatment of Smallpox—Convenient Disinfectants—Sick Room Suggestions—Fruit in Sickness—An Antidote for Intemperance—Milk Strippings for Consumption—Stammering Cured at Home — POISONS AND THEIR TREATMENT — RATTLESNAKE BITES CURED BY SWEET OIL — RATTLESNAKE BITES—A FAVORITE REMEDY — POISON IVY, OAK AND SUMAC-REMEDIES — BEE AND WASP STINGS—HOW TO SOOTHE THEM — BORAX FOR INSECT BITES — HOW TO TREAT A SPRAIN — HOW TO TAKE SORENESS FROM A CUT MADE BY GLASS — NAIL WOUNDS IN THE FOOT—HOW TO RELIEVE THE PAIN — TURPENTINE FOR LOCKJAW — BRUISES, SPLINTERS, CUTS AND BURNS—SIMPLE REMEDIES — BURNS AND THEIR TREATMENT — COLD WATER FOR ORDINARY RECENT BURNS — TO RELIEVE A SCALDED MOUTH — HOW TO BRING THE APPARENTLY DROWNED TO LIFE — WHEN ONE FALLS INTO THE WATER — WHAT TO DO IN CASE OF SUFFOCATION — HOW TO REVIVE A FAINTING PERSON — SUNSTROKE AND HOW TO TREAT IT — FREEZING AND HOW TO TREAT A CASE — THE EYES AND HOW TO CARE FOR THEM — STYES AND THEIR TREATMENT — TO TAKE THE COLOR FROM A BLACK EYE — TO REMOVE BITS OF DIRT FROM THE EYE — QUICK RELIEF FOR EARACHE — INSECTS IN THE EAR—TO REMOVE — TOOTHACHE—A QUICK RELIEF — DISAGREEABLE BREATH—HOW TO CURE — TO STOP NOSEBLEED — HICCOUGHS—A SIMPLE CURE — FELONS OR WHITLOWS AND THEIR TREATMENT — SIMPLE CURE FOR WARTS — CORNS AND CORN CURES — BOILS AND CARBUNCLES—HOW TO TREAT THEM — THE PROPER WAY TO MAKE A MUSTARD PLASTER — DANGER IN DAMP SHEETS — TAR AND TURPENTINE FOR DIPHTHERIA — TO PREVENT PITTING IN SMALLPOX — MEDICAL USES OF WHITE OF EGG — LEMONS OF VALUE IN MANY USES — PAINTED WALLS BEST FOR SICK ROOMS — VALUE OF PLANTS IN THE SICK ROOM — TO AVOID CONTAGION IN THE SICKROOM — LIME AND CHARCOAL AS DISINFECTANTS — CHLORIDE OF LIME AS A DISINFECTANT — HOW TO PURIFY FOUL WATER — A WORD CONCERNING GOOD DIGESTION — A PRACTICAL SPRING REMEDY — CASTOR OIL—MAKING IT EASY TO TAKE — CREAM OF TARTAR A MILD CATHARTIC — BOILED MILK FOR BOWEL DISEASES — WHEN TO EAT FRUIT AND WHY — FOR FEVER OR SORE THROAT PATIENTS — WAKEFULNESS CURED BY LEMON JUICE — FRUIT AS AN ANTIDOTE FOR INTEMPERANCE — HOME REMEDY FOR CONSUMPTION — STAMMERING CURED AT HOME

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