Clark University, South Atlanta, Georgia,
December 16, 1901.
ALPHABETICAL LIST OF WRITERS AND ILLUSTRATIONS.
The writers of this book are one hundred (one for each year in the century) of the most scholarly and prominent Negroes of America.
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| ANDERSON, J. H., D. D., Pastor of the A. M. E. Zion Church,Wllkesbarre, Pa. | [323] |
| ATKINS, REV. S. G., President of the State Normal and Industrial College of North Carolina | [80] |
| BAKER, HON. H. E., Washington, D. C. | [399] |
| BIBB, PROF. J. D., A. M., Atlanta, Ga. | [449] |
| BLACKSHEAR, MR. E. L., President of Texas Normal and Industrial College, Prairie View, Texas | [334] |
| BOWEN, MRS. ARIEL, S. H., Atlanta, Ga. | [264] |
| BOWEN, REV. J. W. E, Professor in Gammon Theological Seminary | [29] |
| BOWSER, MRS. ROSA D., Teacher in Richmond, Va. | [177] |
| BOYD, DR. R. F., Physician and Surgeon, Nashville, Tenn. | [215] |
| BRAWLEY, REV. E. M., D. D., Secretary and Expositor of the National Baptist Publishing Company | [254] |
| BRAGGS, REV. GEO. F. JR., Rector of Episcopal Church, Baltimore, Md. | [356] |
| BROOKS, REV. W. H., D. D., Pastor Nineteenth St. Baptist Church, Washington, D. C. | [315] |
| BROWN, REV. S. N., Pastor of Congregational Church, Washington, D.C. | [68] |
| BUTLER, HENRY R., A. M., M. D., Atlanta, Ga. | [221] |
| CARVER, GEO. W., Professor of Agriculture, Tuskegee Institute | [388] |
| CHAPPELLE, REV. W. D., Secretary of Sabbath School Department of the A. M. E. Church | [63] |
| CHEATHAM, HON. H. P., Recorder of Deeds, of the District of Columbia | [57] |
| CLINTON, BISHOP G. W., A. M. E. Zion Church, Charlotte, N. C. | [115] |
| COOPER, E. E. Editor of the Colored American | [464] |
| COUNCIL, PROF. W. H., President of Alabama Normal and Mechanical College, Normal, Ala. | [325] |
| COX, PROF. J. M., President of the Philander Smith College, Little Rock, Ark. | [295] |
| CROMWELL, J. W., Washington, D. C. | [291] |
| CROGMAN, W. H., Professor of Greek and Latin, Clark University | [7] |
| DAVIS, REV. D. W., Pastor of Baptist Church, Manchester, Va. | [38] |
| DAVIS, REV. I. D., Pastor Presbyterian Church, Goodwill, S. C. | [124] |
| DUNBAR, MRS. PAUL LAURENCE, Washington, D. C. | [139] |
| ELLERSON, REV. L. B., Pastor Presbyterian Church, Jacksonville, Fla. | [313] |
| FLIPPER, REV. J. S., D. D., Presiding Elder of North Georgia Conference, Atlanta, Ga. | [257] |
| FORTUNE, T. T., Editor of The Age, New York City | [227] |
| FRANCIS, DR. J. R., Physician and Surgeon, Washington, D. C. | [204] |
| FRIERSON, A. U., Professor of Greek, of Biddle University | [241] |
| GILBERT, J. W., Professor of Greek in Paine College | [190] |
| GILBERT, REV. M. W. D. D., Pastor of Baptist Church, Charleston, S. C. | [287] |
| GOODWIN, G. A., Professor in Atlanta Baptist College | [132] |
| GREEN, HON. JOHN P., Government Position, Washington, D. C. | [89] |
| GRIMKE, REV. F. J., D. D., Pastor of Presbyterian Church, Washington, D. C. | [427] |
| HARLLEE, PROF. N. W., Principal of High School, Dallas, Tex. | [299] |
| HAWKINS, PROF. J. R., Secretary of Educational Department of the A. M. E. Church | [153] |
| HEARD, REV. W. H., D. D., Pastor of Allen Temple, Atlanta, Ga. | [442] |
| HEWIN, J. T., Attorney, Richmond, Va. | [110] |
| HILYER, ANDREW F., Washington, D. C. | [375] |
| HOLSEY, BISHOP L. H., C. M. E. Church, Atlanta, Ga. | [46] |
| HOOD, BISHOP J. W., of A. M. E. Zion Church, Fayetteville, N. C. | [51] |
| HUNT, H. A., Principal of Industrial Department of Biddle University | [394] |
| JACKSON, MISS LENA T., Teacher of Latin in High School, Nashville, Tenn. | [304] |
| JOHNSON, REV. J. Q., D. D. | [270] |
| JOHNSON, PROF. J. W., Principal of Grammar School, Jacksonville, Fla. | [72] |
| JOHNSON, REV. H. T., D. D., Editor of Christian Recorder | [186] |
| JONES, PROF. J. H., President of Wilberforce University | [83] |
| JONES, T. W., Prominent business man, Chicago, Ill. | [370] |
| JORDAN, D. J., Professor in Morris Brown College | [129] |
| KERR, REV. S., Rector of Episcopal Church, Key West, Fla. | [320] |
| KNOX, GEO. L., Editor of the Freeman | [454] |
| LEWIS, PROF. W. I., Reporter for Evening Metropolis, Jacksonville, Fla. | [272] |
| LOGAN, MRS. WARREN, Tuskegee Institute | [199] |
| LOVINGGOOD, PROF. R. S., President of Samuel Houston College, Austin, Tex. | [48] |
| MASON, MRS. LENA, The Evangelist, Hannibal, Mo. | [445] |
| MASON, REV. M. C. B., Secretary of the Freemen Board of the M. E. Church | [34] |
| McCLELLAN, PROF. G. M., Teacher in High School, Louisville, Ky. | [275] |
| MILLER, KELLY, Professor of Mathematics in Howard University | [158] |
| MORGAN, REV. J. H., Minister, Bordentown, N. J. | [383] |
| MORRIS, REV. E. C., D. D., Editor of National Baptist Publishing Co., Helena, Ark. | [259] |
| MURRAY, HON. G. W., Providence, S. C. | [231] |
| ONLEY, D. W., D. D., Dentist, Washington, D. C. | [347] |
| PARTEE, REV. W. E., D. D., Pastor of Presbyterian Church, Richmond, Va. | [309] |
| PETERSON, B. H., Professor at Tuskegee Institute | [236] |
| PETTIFORD, W. R., President Alabama Penny Savings and Loan Co., Richmond, Va. | [468] |
| PETTEY, MRS. BISHOP C. C., Newbern, N. C. | [182] |
| PORTER, J. R., D. D. S., Atlanta, Ga. | [191] |
| PROCTOR, REV. H. H., Pastor of Congregational Church., Atlanta, Ga. | [317] |
| PURCELL, I. L., Attorney, Pensacola, Fla. | [104] |
| RICHARDSON, PROF. A. ST. GEORGE, President of Edward Waters College, Jacksonville, Fla. | [330] |
| ROBINSON, G. T., Attorney, Nashville, Tenn. | [108] |
| ROBINSON, PROF. R. G., Principal of LaGrange Academy | [302] |
| RUCKER, HON. H. A., Internal Revenue Collector for Georgia, Atlanta, Ga. | [202] |
| SCARBOROUGH, W. S., Professor of Greek of Wilberforce University | [414] |
| SMITH, MRS. M. E. C., Teacher in Edward Waters College, Jacksonville, Fla. | [246] |
| SMITH, R. S., Attorney, Washington, D. C. | [92] |
| SMYTH, PROF. J. H., President of Reformatory School of Virginia, Hanover, Va. | [434] |
| SPRAGUE, MRS. ROSETTA DOUGLASS, Washington, D. C. | [167] |
| STORUM, PROF. JAMES, Teacher in High School, Washington, D. C. | [75] |
| TALBERT, MARY B., Buffalo, N. Y. | [17] |
| TALLEY, T. W., Professor of Science, Tuskegee Institute | [338] |
| TERRELL, MRS. MARY CHURCH, Washington, D. C. | [172] |
| THOMPSON, R. W., Associate Editor of the Colored American | [351] |
| TUCKER, PROF. T. de S., Baltimore, Md. | [418] |
| TURNER, BISHOP H. M., D. D., LL. D., A. M. E. Church, Atlanta, Ga. | [42] |
| TURNER, PROF. C. H., Professor of Science in Clark University | [162] |
| WALLACE, W. W., Editor of Colored American Magazine | [349] |
| WALLER, REV. O. M., Rector of Episcopal Church, Washington, D. C. | [363] |
| WALKER, PROF. H. L., Principal High School, Augusta, Ga. | [342] |
| WASHINGTON, PROF. BOOKER T., President of Tuskegee Institute | [142] |
| WHITAKER, REV. J. W., Traveling Agent for Tuskegee Institute | [359] |
| WHITE, HON. GEO. H., Washington, D. C. | [224] |
| WILDER, DR. J. R., Physician and Surgeon, Washington, D. C. | [210] |
| WILLIAMS, REV. J. B. L., D. D., Pastor of M. E. Church, Fernandina, Fla. | [120] |
| WYCHE, REV. R. P., Pastor of Presbyterian Church, Charlotte, N. C. | [123] |
| YATES, MRS. JOSEPHINE S., Kansas City, Mo. | [21] |
| YOUNG, PROF. N. B., President of Florida State Normal and Industrial College | [125] |
CONTENTS
THE FOLLOWING TOPICS ARE DISCUSSED IN THIS BOOK BY ONE HUNDRED WRITERS:
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| I. | Did the American Negro make, in the nineteenth century,achievements along the lines of wealth, morality, education,etc., commensurate with his opportunities? If so,what achievements did he make? | [17] |
| II. | Will it be possible for the Negro to attain, in this country,unto the American type of civilization? | [42] |
| III. | How can the friendly relations now existing between thetwo races in the South be strengthened and maintained? | [57] |
| IV. | Should the Negro be given an education different fromthat given to the white? | [72] |
| V. | Should the ignorant and non-property holding Negro beallowed to vote? | [89] |
| VI. | Is the criminal Negro justly dealt with in the courts ofthe South? | [92] |
| VII. | To what extent is the Negro pulpit uplifting the race? | [115] |
| VIII. | Is it time for the Negro colleges in the South to be putinto the hands of Negro teachers? | [125] |
| IX. | Will the education of the Negro solve the race problem? | [142] |
| X. | What role is the educated Negro woman to play in theuplifting of her race? | [167] |
| XI. | How can the Negroes be induced to rally more to Negrobusiness enterprises and to their professional men? | [186] |
| XII. | What are the causes of the great mortality among theNegroes in the cities of the South and how is that mortalityto be lessened? | [199] |
| XIII. | What should be the Negro's attitude in politics? | [224] |
| XIV. | Is the Negro as morally depraved as he is reputed to be? | [236] |
| XV. | Is the young Negro an improvement morally on his father? | [254] |
| XVI. | The Negro as a writer | [270] |
| XVII. | Did the American Negro prove, in the nineteenth century, that he is intellectually equal to the white man? | [287] |
| XVIII. | What progress did the American white man make in thenineteenth century along the line of conceding tothe Negro his religious, political and civil rights? | [291] |
| XIX. | The Negro as a laborer | [299] |
| XX. | The Negro as a Christian | [309] |
| XXI. | Does the North afford to the Negro better opportunitiesof making a living than the South? | [323] |
| XXII. | What is the Negro teacher doing in the matter ofuplifting his race? | [330] |
| XXIII. | Is the Negro newspaper an important factor in theelevation of the Negro? | [347] |
| XXIV. | Are other than Baptist and Methodist Churches adaptedto the present Negro? | [356] |
| XXV. | The Negro as a business man | [370] |
| XXVI. | The Negro as a farmer | [388] |
| XXVII. | The Negro as an inventor | [399] |
| XXVIII. | What the omen? | [414] |
| XXIX. | Why the Negro race survives | [418] |
| XXX. | The signs of a brighter future for the American Negro | [427] |
| XXXI. | Negro criminality | [434] |
| XXXII. | The American Negro's opportunities in Africa | [442] |
| XXXIII. | The Negro and education | [445] |
| XXXIV. | A Negro in it | [447] |
| XXXV. | The Negro's adversities help him | [449] |
| XXXVI. | The American Negro and his possibilities | [454] |
| XXXVII. | Important lessons from the awful tragedy | [464] |
| XXXVIII. | How to help the Negro to help himself | [468] |