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100 1 _aHarrison, Hubert H.,
_d1883-1927
245 1 0 _aWhen Africa awakes :
_bThe "inside story" of the stirrings and strivings of the new Negro in the Western world
264 1 _aSalt Lake City, UT :
_bProject Gutenberg,
_c2023
300 _a1 online resource :
_bmultiple file formats
336 _atext
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337 _acomputer
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338 _aonline resource
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500 _aRelease date is 2023-01-05
505 0 _aThe beginnings -- Democracy and race friction -- The Negro and the war -- The new politics -- The problems of leadership -- The new race-consciousness -- Our international consciousness -- Education and the race -- A few books -- Epilogue: The black man's burden.
508 _aNeal Caren. This file was derived from images generously made available by Columbia University, the University of Chicago, and the University of Iowa through the HathiTrust.
520 _a"When Africa Awakes" by Hubert H. Harrison is a collection of essays and editorials written around the early 20th century, particularly during the aftermath of World War I. The work explores themes of race, democracy, and the emerging political consciousness of African Americans and the broader Afro-diaspora. Harrison articulates the urgent demand for civil rights and racial justice, highlighting the double standards faced by black individuals in America during a period when democracy was being championed worldwide. The opening of the book introduces the context of its creation, framing it as a response to significant social injustice following the war. Harrison discusses the formation of the Liberty League, a group advocating for the rights of African Americans, and underscores the urgency of their demands. The first chapter details a mass meeting that brought together Negro Americans in protest against systemic violence, specifically lynching and discrimination, while expressing a collective desire for the acknowledgment of their contributions and rights in a nation proclaiming democracy. Harrison's tone is assertive, emphasizing a shift from passive requests to active demands for rights and justice, indicative of the revolutionary spirit rising among the black population in that era. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
534 _pOriginally published:
_cUnited States: The Porro Press, 1920
653 _aAfrican Americans
653 _aUnited States -- Race relations
653 _aAfrican Americans -- Race identity
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856 4 0 _uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/69712
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