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050 4 _aE151
100 1 _aJohnson, Edward A.
_q(Edward Austin),
_d1860-1944
245 1 0 _aLight Ahead for the Negro
264 1 _aSalt Lake City, UT :
_bProject Gutenberg,
_c2018
300 _a1 online resource :
_bmultiple file formats
336 _atext
_btxt
_2rdacontent
337 _acomputer
_bc
_2rdamedia
338 _aonline resource
_bcr
_2rdacarrier
500 _aRelease date is 2018-04-12
508 _aE-text prepared by Mary Glenn Krause, Roger Frank, Wayne Hammond, California Digital Library, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team (http://www.pgdp.net) from page images generously made available by Internet Archive (https://archive.org)
520 _a"Light Ahead for the Negro" by Edward A. Johnson is a historical account written in the early 20th century. The book addresses the complex social issues surrounding the African American experience in the Southern United States, focusing on efforts to foster goodwill and understanding between races. The author suggests that the Golden Rule can help resolve these tensions and expresses a belief in the potential for progress and equality. At the start of the narrative, we are introduced to a protagonist who is passionate about working with the Negro community after being influenced by his abolitionist father. He plans to travel to the South to contribute to the education of freedmen. However, a dramatic airship accident leaves him unconscious, and he awakens a century later in a vastly changed world, grappling with his lost identity and the progress made regarding race relations since his time. As he navigates this new reality, he encounters Irene Davis, a nurse who is actively involved in uplifting the African American community, which leads to discussions about racial dynamics, progress, and historical injustices that have shaped their present. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
534 _nOriginal publication data not identified
653 _aAfrican Americans
653 _aUnited States -- Race relations
856 4 0 _uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/56972
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