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The Upward Path, A Reader for Colored Children, Compiled by Myron T. Pritchard and Mary White Ovington

The Upward Path, A Reader for Colored Children, Compiled by Myron T. Pritchard and Mary White Ovington

by Myron T. Pritchard

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Compiler
Ovington, Mary White, 1865-1951
Title
The Upward Path: A Reader For Colored Children
Credits
Produced by David Edwards, Richard J. Shiffer 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
PE: Language and Literatures: English
Subject
Readers
Category
Text
eBook-No.
31456
Project Gutenberg
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/31456
Release Date
March 1, 2010
Copyright
Public domain in the USA.

Contents

  1. 1.THE UPWARD PATH — A READER FOR COLORED CHILDREN — WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY — ROBERT R. MOTON — COMPILED BY — MYRON T. PRITCHARD — AND — MARY WHITE OVINGTON — NEW YORK HARCOURT, BRACE AND HOWE
  2. 2.FOREWORD
  3. 3.CONTENTS
  4. 4.INTRODUCTION
  5. 5.THE UPWARD PATH
  6. 6.THE BOY AND THE BAYONET — PAUL LAURENCE DUNBAR
  7. 7.THE BEGINNINGS OF A MISSISSIPPI SCHOOL — WILLIAM H. HOLTZCLAW
  8. 8.UP FROM SLAVERY — The Struggle for an Education — BOOKER T. WASHINGTON
  9. 9.BOOKER T. WASHINGTON — A Student's Memory of Him — WILLIAM H. HOLTZCLAW
  10. 10.ANNA-MARGARET — AUGUSTA BIRD
  11. 11.CHARITY — H. CORDELIA RAY
  12. 12.MY FIRST SCHOOL — W. E. B. DUBOIS
  13. 13.ERE SLEEP COMES DOWN TO SOOTHE THE WEARY EYES — PAUL LAURENCE DUNBAR
  14. 14.THE LAND OF LAUGHTER — ANGELINA W. GRIMKE
  15. 15.THE WEB OF CIRCUMSTANCE — CHARLES W. CHESNUTT
  16. 16.IS THE GAME WORTH THE CANDLE? — JAMES E. SHEPARD
  17. 17.O BLACK AND UNKNOWN BARDS — JAMES WELDON JOHNSON
  18. 18.THE GREATEST MENACE OF THE SOUTH — WILLIAM J. EDWARDS
  19. 19.THE ENCHANTED SHELL — H. CORDELIA RAY
  20. 20.BEHIND A GEORGIA MULE — JAMES WELDON JOHNSON
  21. 21.HAYTI AND TOUSSAINT L'OUVERTURE — W. E. B. DUBOIS
  22. 22.HIS MOTTO — LOTTIE BURRELL DIXON
  23. 23.THE MONTHS — H. CORDELIA RAY
  24. 24.THE COLORED CADET AT WEST POINT — LIEUT. HENRY OSSIAN FLIPPER, U. S. A.
  25. 25.AN HYMN TO THE EVENING — PHYLLIS WHEATLEY
  26. 26.GOING TO SCHOOL UNDER DIFFICULTIES — WILLIAM H. HOLTZCLAW
  27. 27.THE BRAVE SON — ALSTON W. BURLEIGH
  28. 28.VICTORY — WALTER F. WHITE
  29. 29.THE DOG AND THE CLEVER RABBIT — A. O. STAFFORD
  30. 30.THE BOY AND THE IDEAL — JOSEPH S. COTTER
  31. 31.CHILDREN AT EASTER — C. EMILY FRAZIER
  32. 32.ABRAHAM LINCOLN — WILLIAM PICKENS
  33. 33.RONDEAU — JESSIE FAUSET
  34. 34.HOW I ESCAPED — FREDERICK DOUGLASS
  35. 35.FREDERICK DOUGLASS — W. H. CROGMAN
  36. 36.INCIDENT IN THE LIFE OF FREDERICK DOUGLASS
  37. 37.ANIMAL LIFE IN THE CONGO — WILLIAM HENRY SHEPPARD
  38. 38.CO-OPERATION AND THE LATIN CLASS — LILLIAN B. WITTEN
  39. 39.THE BAND OF GIDEON — JOSEPH S. COTTER
  40. 40.THE HOME OF THE COLORED GIRL BEAUTIFUL — AZALIA HACKLEY
  41. 41.THE KNIGHTING OF DONALD — LILLIAN B. WITTEN
  42. 42.A NEGRO EXPLORER AT THE NORTH POLE — MATTHEW A. HENSON
  43. 43.BENJAMIN BANNEKER — WILLIAM WELLS BROWN
  44. 44.THE NEGRO RACE — CHARLES W. ANDERSON
  45. 45.PAUL CUFFE — JOHN W. CROMWELL
  46. 46.THE BLACK FAIRY — FENTON JOHNSON
  47. 47.IT'S A LONG WAY — WILLIAM STANLEY BRAITHWAITE
  48. 48.NEGRO MUSIC THAT STIRRED FRANCE — EMMETT J. SCOTT
  49. 49.NOVEMBER 11, 1918
  50. 50.SEA LYRIC — WILLIAM STANLEY BRAITHWAITE
  51. 51.A NEGRO WOMAN'S HOSPITALITY — LEILA A. PENDLETON
  52. 52.RECORD OF "THE OLD FIFTEENTH" IN FRANCE — EMMETT J. SCOTT
  53. 53.NEGRO SOLDIERS — ROSCOE C. JAMISON
  54. 54.THE "DEVIL BUSH" AND THE "GREEGREE BUSH" — GEORGE W. ELLIS
  55. 55.EVENING PRAYER — H. CORDELIA RAY
  56. 56.THE STRENUOUS LIFE — SILAS X. FLOYD
  57. 57.O LITTLE DAVID, PLAY ON YOUR HARP — JOSEPH S. COTTER, JR.
  58. 58.A DAY AT KALK BAY, SOUTH AFRICA — L. J. COPPIN
  59. 59.BISHOP ATTICUS G. HAYGOOD — W. H. CROGMAN
  60. 60.HOW TWO COLORED CAPTAINS FELL — RALPH W. TYLER
  61. 61.THE YOUNG WARRIOR — JAMES WELDON JOHNSON
  62. 62.WHOLE REGIMENTS DECORATED — EMMETT J. SCOTT
  63. 63.ON PLANTING ARTICHOKES — From the Life of Scott Bond — DANIEL A. RUDD AND THEODORE BOND
  64. 64.A SONG OF THANKS — EDWARD SMYTH JONES
  65. 65.OUR DUMB ANIMALS — SILAS X. FLOYD
  66. 66.A LEGEND OF THE BLUE JAY — RUTH ANNA FISHER
  67. 67.DAVID LIVINGSTONE — BENJAMIN BRAWLEY
  68. 68.IRA ALDRIDGE — WILLIAM J. SIMMONS
  69. 69.FIFTY YEARS — 1863-1913 — JAMES WELDON JOHNSON
  70. 70.A GREAT KINGDOM IN THE CONGO — WILLIAM HENRY SHEPPARD
  71. 71.PILLARS OF THE STATE — WILLIAM C. JASON
  72. 72.OATH OF AFRO-AMERICAN YOUTH — KELLY MILLER
  73. 73.THE END
  74. 74.NOTES

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