Front matter
Reading edition
Author of “The Negro and the Nation,” “Lincoln and Liberty,” and Associate Editor of the Negro World
COPYRIGHTED
By HUBERT H. HARRISON, 1920.
PUBLISHED BY
THE PORRO PRESS
513 Lenox Avenue
NEW YORK CITY
1920
THIS LITTLE RECORD IS AFFECTIONATELY DEDICATED TO THOSE WHO STOOD BY MY SIDE IN LOVE, LABOR AND SACRIFICE WHEN THE FOUNDATIONS WERE LAID
TABLE OF CONTENTS
CHAPTERS PAGE
INTRODUCTION 5
1. THE BEGINNINGS Launching the Liberty League. — Resolutions Passed at Liberty League Meeting. — Petition to Congress. 9
2. DEMOCRACY AND RACE FRICTION. The East St. Louis Horror. — “Arms and the Man.” — The Negro and the Labor Unions. — Lynching: Its Cause and Cure. 14
3. THE NEGRO AND THE WAR. Is Democracy Unpatriotic? — Why Is the Red Cross? — A Hint of “Our Reward.” — The Negro at the Peace Congress. — Africa and the Peace. — “They Shall Not Pass.” — A Cure for the Ku-Klux. 25
4. THE NEW POLITICS. The New Politics for the New Negro. — The Drift in Politics. — A Negro for President. — When the Tail Wags the Dog. — The Grand Old Party. 39
5. THE PROBLEMS OF LEADERSHIP. Our Professional “Friends.” — Shillady Resigns. — Our White Friends. — A Tender Point. — The Descent of Du Bois. — When the Blind Lead. — Just Crabs. 54
6. THE NEW RACE-CONSCIOUSNESS. The Negro’s Own Radicalism. — Race First versus Class First. — An Open Letter to the Socialist. Party. — “Patronize Your Own.” — The Women of Our Race. — Young Men of My Race. 76
7. OUR INTERNATIONAL CONSCIOUSNESS. The White War and the Colored World — U-need-a Biscuit. — Our Larger Duty. — Help Wanted for Hayti. — The Cracker in the Caribbean. — When Might Makes Right. — Bolshevism in Barbados. — A New International. — The Rising Tide of Color. — The White War and the Colored Races. 96
8. EDUCATION AND THE RACE. Reading for Knowledge. — Education and the Race. — The Racial Roots of Culture. — The New Knowledge for the New Negro. 123
9. A FEW BOOKS. The Negro in History and Civilization. — Darkwater. — The Rising Tide of Color Against White World Supremacy. 135
EPILOGUE: THE BLACK MAN’S BURDEN; A Reply to Rudyard Kipling 145