Description
The author challenges existing scholarship about nineteenth-century blacks, which assesses their activity as just another exercise in powerlessness. Reed's work demonstrates that these people discovered and organized their power, and utilized it to construct a platform for change that continues to serve the African American community's needs today.
This work begins by defining the context and elements of the African American community awakening during the years 1770-1865. It also describes their churches, how the community established organizations, the role of black newspapers, the convention movement as a public forum for black leaders and their ideas, and their creation of a nationalist ideology.
Book Information
ISBN 9780870133411
Author Harry Reed
Format Hardback
Page Count 256
Imprint Michigan State University Press
Publisher Michigan State University Press