Progress and Achievements of the Colored People
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- Containing the Story of the Wonderful Advancement of the Colored Americans—the Most Marvelous in the History of Nations—Their Past Accomplishments, Together With Their Present-day Opportunities and a Glimpse Into the Future for Further Developments—the Dawn of a Triumphant Era. A Handbook for Self-improvement Which Leads to Greater Success
Kelly Miller and Joseph R. Gay
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1. Front matter2. FOREWORD.3. THE COMING MEN OF THE RACE Our Young Men Will Be Our Future Leaders4. THE TURNING POINT The Progress of the Colored American; His Chance in the Business World5. THE PROGRESSIVE COLORED AMERICAN EARNS RESPECT FOR HIS RACE What Other Races are Doing to Rise—Persistence and Determination Will Win6. INCREASE OF OPPORTUNITIES FOR COLORED AMERICANS Trades, Business Occupations, and Professions Opening Up in Every Part of the United States—Four Hundred Millions of Acres of Fertile Land Waiting for the Tiller—Agricultural and Mechanical Facilities Multiply—Honor and Profit Within the Grasp of Every Colored American7. THE COLORED AMERICAN IN THE EMPLOY OF THE UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT The Army, Navy, Government Services, and Legislatures—Opportunities to Colored Americans to Distinguish Themselves—Heroes and Patriots Furnished by the Race—The Advantage of Discipline in the Formation of Character—Avenues to Honor and Renown.8. THE COLORED AMERICAN IN THE SERVICE OF GOD The Church as a Career for Colored Americans—Influence of Religion a Powerful Incentive to Success—Opportunities to Follow an Honorable Vocation—High Religious Aspirations an Inborn Sentiment of the Race—Men Who Have Been Pioneers in the Field.9. LEADERS OF AMERICA WHOSE EARS ARE CLOSE TO THE GROUND Americans, Regardless of Color, Who are Leading the People out of the Wilderness and Teaching the Brotherhood of Man.10. THE COLORED AMERICANS’ NATIONALITY11. THE FOUR DIVISIONS of MANKIND The African One of the Purest Types12. THE WORLD’S CONGRESS of RACES Great Importance of Colored Race in the Tremendous World Upward Movement One Thousand Delegates from Fifty Different Races Proclaim Uplift of People13. PROGRESS OF THE DIFFERENT RACES OF MANKIND Marvelous Rise of the Japanese from Barbarism in Five Decades—The Jews without a National Government Rule the Finances and Commerce of the World—China in Contact with Civilization Has Created a Great Republic—The American Indian Raised From Savagery to Peaceful, Profitable Pursuits—The Colored American’s Part and Opportunities in the Great Onward Movement14. ETHIOPIA, THE GREAT BLACK EMPIRE THE AUTHORITY OF THE BIBLE AND ALSO RECENT DISCOVERIES IN AFRICA PROVE THE ANCIENT AND POWERFUL CIVILIZATION OF THE COLORED RACE 3,000 YEARS B. C.—THE STORY OF CANDACE, THE BEAUTIFUL BLACK QUEEN OF ETHIOPIA, AND THE MARRIAGE OF MOSES TO AN ETHIOPIAN WOMAN 1490 B. C.—HOW PIANKHI, THE BLACK KING, CONQUERED EGYPT 750 B. C., AND HOW EGYPT TOOK HER CIVILIZATION FROM ETHIOPIA.15. The Genius of Colored Americans in Literature; The Arts and Sciences Inherited From the Ancient Ethiopians Read, Study, and Educate up to Opportunities—A High Racial Type Appears in Modern Times—A Cause for Pride and an Incentive to Action, Energy and Efficiency.16. DEVELOPMENT OF THE RACE IN THE UNITED STATES The Result of a Great Civilized Ancestry—Some of our Colored Americans, Their Doings and Their Personality17. THE OVERGROUND RAILROAD A Mighty Way to Progress—The Underground Railroad a Thing of the Past18. TRAIN YOURSELF FOR YOUR LIFE’S WORK Physical Development—Exercise for Pleasure and Profit—Uniformity in the Use of the Muscles—General and Special Muscle Training—Systematic Hardening of the Body—Various Kinds of Exercises—Key to Good Health and Mental Activity A Strong Healthy Man Is Always Selected for the Best Positions19. THE TEACHER, DOCTOR, LAWYER, CLERGYMAN—WHICH ARE YOU FITTED FOR?20. THE ROAD TO SUCCESS OR EASY LESSONS FOR EVERY DAY LIFE21. THE MAN OF HOPE; THE MAN OF DESPAIR; AND THE MAN OF “DON’T CARE” Optimism, Pessimism, Indifference22. THE PLEASURES OF THE FLESH, and the PLEASURES OF THE MIND23. THE SURVIVAL OF THE FITTEST The Laws of Nature Determine Who Shall Live, and Who Shall Die24. THE VICTORY OF THE MAN WHO DARES25. THE WISE MAN’S PHILOSOPHY26. The Key to Success27. Opportunity for Business Life28. SUPERSTITION AND LUCK29. PROGRESS IN EDUCATION.30. HISTORY OF NEGRO EDUCATION.31. EDUCATION AS A SOLDIER.32. PUBLIC PROVISION FOR NEGRO EDUCATION.33. SCHOOLS MAINTAINED BY PRIVATE AGENCIES.34. INDEPENDENT SCHOOLS.35. SCHOOLS MAINTAINED BY INDEPENDENT BOARD OF TRUSTEES.36. WHITE CHURCH BOARDS MAINTAINING COLORED SCHOOLS.37. COLORED CHURCH BOARDS MAINTAINING SCHOOLS.38. OTHER AGENCIES INTERESTED IN NEGRO EDUCATION.39. HOSPITALS AND NURSE TRAINING SCHOOLS.40. THE THREE IMPORTANT TYPES OF EDUCATION.41. THE TRAINING OF CHILDREN The Child an Imitator42. GIVE YOUR BOYS AND GIRLS THE OPPORTUNITY TO DEVELOP THEIR TRUE NATURES43. DEVELOPING MORAL CHARACTER44. REVERENCE AND RESPECT45. DUTIES OF CHILDREN TO THEIR PARENTS46. THE FUTURE OF THE CHILD, THE FUTURE OF THE RACE47. THE WAY TO PERFECT HEALTH The Human Body and How it is Made—How to Take Care of Yourself—Rules for a Long and Happy Life—General Information48. GENERAL HEALTH CONDITIONS Guard Your Water Supply—How Diseases Are Classified—How to Prevent Contagion—Care of the Sick Room—Disinfection, Its Importance and Its Methods—Period of Isolation or Quarantine—Duty of All Households Where Sickness Has Invaded, to Guard Others Against Its Spread.49. COMMON SENSE IN THE SICK ROOM Ventilation, Light, Temperature and Furnishings—Care of the Patient—His Temperature and Pulse—Bed Sores—The Characteristics of Fever—Simple Household Remedies—What to Put in a Remedy Cupboard—How to Keep the Baby Well50. RULES FOR ACCIDENTS AND EMERGENCIES Poisons and Their Treatment—Bites, Stings, Bruises, Splinters, Cuts, Sprains and Burns—Lockjaw—Poison Ivy—How to Bring the Drowned to Life—Suffocation—Fainting—Sunstroke—Freezing—The Eyes and How to Care for Them—Earache and Toothache—Felons, Warts, Corns and Boils—Home Remedies for Diphtheria—Treatment of Smallpox—Convenient Disinfectants—Sick Room Suggestions—Fruit in Sickness—An Antidote for Intemperance—Milk Strippings for Consumption—Stammering Cured at Home