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| Introduction |
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| PART I |
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JAMES P. BECKWOURTH, 1856 |
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from The Life and Adventures of James P. Beckwourth, Mountaineer, Scout and Pioneer and Chief of the Crow Nation of Indians |
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6 | (9) |
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from Wonderful Adventures of Mrs. Seacole in Many Lands |
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15 | (8) |
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from The Life and Adventures of Nat Love |
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23 | (7) |
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from Nellie Brown, or The Jealous Wife with Other Sketches |
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30 | (2) |
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32 | (14) |
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from A Negro Explorer at the North Pole |
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46 | (11) |
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2. MiSSiONARiES ANd ACTiViSTS of THE NiNETEENTH CENTURY |
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57 | (43) |
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57 | (3) |
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from Memoirs of the Life, Religious Experience, Ministerial Travels and Labours of Mrs. Zilpha Elaw |
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60 | (8) |
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from A Narrative of the Life and Travels of Mrs. Nancy Prince |
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68 | (9) |
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from An Autobiography: The Story of the Lord's Dealings with Mrs. Amanda Smith, The Colored Evangelist |
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77 | (10) |
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FANNY JACKSON COPPIN, 1913 |
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from Reminiscences of School Life, and Hints on Teaching |
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87 | (13) |
| PART II |
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100 | (141) |
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100 | (69) |
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from A Brief Account of the Settlement and Present Situation of the Colony of Sierra Leone, in Africa |
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100 | (5) |
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from Official Report of the Niger Valley Exploring Party |
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105 | (6) |
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from A Pilgrimage to My Motherland |
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111 | (13) |
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from The Relations and Duties of Free Colored Men in America to Africa |
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124 | (13) |
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EDWARD WILMOT BLYDEN, 1873 |
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from From West Africa to Palestine |
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137 | (9) |
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"Little Portraits of Africa" from The Crisis |
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146 | (4) |
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from Black Power: A Record of Reactions in a Land of Pathos |
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150 | (4) |
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LESLIE ALEXANDER LACY, 1970 |
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from The Rise and Fall of the Proper Negro |
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154 | (7) |
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from West African Travels |
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161 | (8) |
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169 | (32) |
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WILLIAM WELLS BROWN, 1855 |
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from The American Fugitive in Europe: Sketches of Places and People Abroad |
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169 | (6) |
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from The Diaries of Gwendolyn Bennett |
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175 | (5) |
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JESSIE REDMON FAUSET, 1925 |
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"Yarrow Revisited" from The Crisis |
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180 | (6) |
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"What Paris Means to Me" from Negro Digest |
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186 | (3) |
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"Countee Cullen on French Courtesy" from The Crisis |
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189 | (4) |
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"Encounter on the Seine: Black Meets Brown" from Notes of a Native Son |
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193 | (8) |
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201 | (40) |
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from A Narrative of the Life and Travels of Mrs. Nancy Prince |
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201 | (5) |
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"Soviet Russia and the Negro" from The Crisis |
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206 | (9) |
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"Going South in Russia" from The Crisis |
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215 | (6) |
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"Notes from a Trip to Russia" from Sister Outsider: Essays and Speeches |
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221 | (7) |
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228 | (3) |
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231 | (10) |
| PART III |
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6. TRUTH SEEKERS: STATESMEN, SCHOLARS AND JOURNALISTS (FROM 1930 TO THE CIVIL RIGHTS ERA) |
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241 | (60) |
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BOOKER T. WASHINGTON, 1912 |
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"Naples and the Land of the Emigrant" from The Man Farthest Down |
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241 | (10) |
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from Angela Davis: An Autobiography |
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251 | (8) |
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ARTHUR A. SCHOMBURG, 1933 |
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"My Trip to Cuba in Quest of Negro Books" from Opportunity |
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259 | (7) |
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266 | (3) |
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from An African American in South Africa |
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269 | (12) |
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MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR., 1959 |
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"My Trip to the Land of Gandhi" from Ebony |
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281 | (9) |
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"A Colored Brother Lost" from The Pitfall and the Proud |
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290 | (11) |
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7. ViSiTORS, TOURiSTS, AND "OTHERS" |
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301 | (56) |
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"African Fragment" from Report from Part One |
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301 | (10) |
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"How Far from Here to Mexico?" from The Crisis |
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311 | (4) |
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"The City" from The Bern Book: A Record of the Voyage of the Mind |
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315 | (4) |
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"Report from the Bahamas" from Moving Towards Home: Political Essays |
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319 | (11) |
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FLORENCE CAWTHORNE LADD, 1982 |
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"Excerpts from a Dakar Diary" from Sage |
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330 | (4) |
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"How She Came by Her Name" from Deep Sightings and Rescue Missions: Fiction, Essays, and Conversations |
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334 | (3) |
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"All It Took Was a Road/Unexpected Surprises of Urban Renewal" from If I Can Cook/You Know God Can |
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337 | (3) |
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"No Stops Until Darwin" from A Long Way from St. Louie |
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340 | (17) |
| BIBLIOGRAPHY |
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357 | (6) |
| ACKNOWLEDGMENTS |
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| CREDITS |
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