The American Negro: What He Was, What He is, and What He May Become, a Critical and Practical Discussion

by William Hannibal Thomas

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Genres: Nonfiction, Race, History, American History

476 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1901

About the author

1843-

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[Da1tonthegreat · Rating 4 out of 5]

"Such facts make evident to thoughtful observers that our conceptions of the rights and remedies of the racial problem must be recast in the light of what the negro really is, before a permanent solution can be reached." In this work, William Hannibal Thomas sets out to do just that. His survey of the American Negro, de Tocquevillean in its sweep, is deeply and scathingly critical of his people's shortcomings. As Thomas was a black Civil War veteran and longtime educator who was one of the Negroes installed in Congress by the Radical Republicans, his piercing, tough love critique, shot through with frustration and race realism, has a great deal of weight behind it.