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Twenty-Five Years in the Black Belt

Twenty-Five Years in the Black Belt

by William James Edwards

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Author
Edwards, William James, 1869-1950
Title
Twenty-five years in the Black Belt
Credits
Produced by Bryan Ness, Stephanie Eason, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net. (This book was produced from scanned images of public domain material from the Google Print project.)
Language
English
LoC Class
E151: History: America: United States
Subject
Snow Hill Normal and Industrial Institute (Ala.) -- History
Category
Text
eBook-No.
31055
Project Gutenberg
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/31055
Release Date
January 23, 2010
Copyright
Public domain in the USA.

Contents

  1. 1.TWENTY-FIVE YEARS IN THE BLACK BELT — Twenty-Five Years in the Black Belt — BY — WILLIAM J. EDWARDS — THE CORNHILL COMPANY BOSTON — Copyright, 1918 by The Cornhill Company — TO MY LOVING WIFE WHO ENCOURAGED ME IN ALL MY EARLY STRUGGLES AND AIDED ME IN ALL MY ACHIEVEMENTS
  2. 2.CONTENTS
  3. 3.LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
  4. 4.PREFACE — TWENTY-FIVE YEARS IN THE BLACK BELT — TWENTY-FIVE YEARS IN THE BLACK BELT
  5. 5.CHAPTER 1. — Childhood Days.
  6. 6.CHAPTER 2. — Shadows.
  7. 7.CHAPTER 3. — A Ray of Light.
  8. 8.CHAPTER 4. — Life at Tuskegee.
  9. 9.CHAPTER 5. — Reconnoitering.
  10. 10.CHAPTER 6. — Founding the Snow Hill School.
  11. 11.CHAPTER 7. — Small Beginnings.
  12. 12.CHAPTER 8. — Campaigning for Funds in the North.
  13. 13.CHAPTER 9. — Results.
  14. 14.CHAPTER 10. — Origin of the Jeanes Fund.
  15. 15.CHAPTER 11. — Appreciation.
  16. 16.CHAPTER 12. — Graduates and Ex-students. — Sketch of My Life.
  17. 17.CHAPTER 13. — The Solution of the Negro Problem. — The White Man’s Solution. — The Negro’s Method of Solution. — Fallacy of the Master and the Bible Remedy. — Only One Road to the Solution. — The Attitude of the North Towards This Problem.
  18. 18.CHAPTER 14. — The Greatest Menace of the South.
  19. 19.CHAPTER 15. — The Negro Exodus.
  20. 20.CHAPTER 16. — The Negro and the Public Schools of the South.
  21. 21.CHAPTER 17. — Where Lies the Negro’s Opportunity?
  22. 22.CHAPTER 18. — School Problems of a Tuskegee Graduate.
  23. 23.CHAPTER 19. — Benefits Wrought by Hardships.
  24. 24.CHAPTER 20. — The Negro and the World War.
  25. 25.APPENDIX — Address Delivered by Mr. Edwards on the Twentieth Anniversary of His Graduation from Tuskegee.
  26. 26.APPENDIX — ADDRESS DELIVERED BY MR. EDWARDS IN BESSEMER, ALABAMA — “THE SIGNS OF TIMES”

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