Description: Race Ideals Effects, Cause and Remedy for the Afro-American Race Troubles Author: Murray, George W. Title: Race Ideals Effects, Cause and Remedy for the Afro-American Race Troubles Publication: Pittsburgh, PA: Art Engraving & Printing Co, 1914 Edition: Revised Edition Description: Octavo, brown stapled printed wrappers, 103 pp. A primer on problems affecting the African American race and their solutions by George Washington Murray, a United States congressman from South Carolina (1893 to 1895). Born into slavery in South Carolina, Murray went on to become a teacher, politician, and farmer; he was the only African American in the 53rd and 54th Congresses as well as the last African American elected to Congress from the state for nearly 100 years. Late in life, Murray lectured around the country, and he compiled many of his speeches into this work, first published in 1910. The book argues that the troubles affecting African Americans were due to conditioning and "training" that occurred over centuries of slavery, and that only when African Americans could overcome this conditioned mindset could the issues be remedied. The introduction notes that this fourth edition was "completely rewritten" to take the form of a textbook, adding "a complete table of topical contents" and marking racial "defects" and "answers" with letters and numbers so that the reader can easily find the solution for each harm. The later chapters of the book, meanwhile print a series of questions regarding problems within the race, alongside letters and numbers directing the reader to different paragraphs of the book to find the answers. For instance, page 30 discusses the harms caused by the idealized appearance of the white man, in which white physical characteristics were valorized while Black characteristics carried a negative connotation. Page 52, meanwhile prints the "Remedy to Remove the Cause of the Effects Seen in the Afro-American's Ideal White Man," suggesting "lining his walls with pictures and painting physical characteristics of his own race, and teaching his offspring to admire and appreciate them just as all other races do with theirs." This system was implemented in the book to help "fill the much needed requirements of a larger sphere of Afro-American family and club, reading of subjects which will make members of this race conscious of their defects and powers in such a way that they will begin to rid themselves of the ones, and use the other for their own uplift" (introduction). In fair condition with staples rusted, chipping and insect damage along margins, affecting a few letters of text, soiling to wrappers and title page. Seller ID: 10557 Subject: African American Caroliniana Rare Books Antiquarian and collectible books, primitives and antiques. Terms All orders ship within two business days. All items are guaranteed to be as described or they may be returned within 30 days of receipt for a full refund.This listing was created by Bibliopolis.
Price: 540 USD
Location: Aiken, South Carolina
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Author: Murray, George W
Publisher: Art Engraving & Printing Co
Year Printed: 1914
Binding: Softcover, Wraps
Language: English