Founder of the American Negro Academy, Alexander Crummell (1819-1898) played a pivotal role in later nineteenth-century debates over race and black intellect. Yet compared with the work of Du Bois and Washington, his speeches and publications have remained relatively inaccessible until now. Here are eighteen texts, along with a thorough biography and valuable source list. As this collection makes clear, Crummell's writings speak of a transitional figure who bridged two radically different worlds separated by the bloodshed and upheaval of the Civil War.
Founder of the American Negro Academy, Alexander Crummell (1819-1898) played a pivotal role in later nineteenth-century debates over race and black...
This exciting interdisciplinary volume, featuringcontributions from a group of leading international scholars, reflects on the long history of representations of transatlanticslaves and slavery, encompassing a broad chronological range, from the eighteenth century to the present day."
This exciting interdisciplinary volume, featuringcontributions from a group of leading international scholars, reflects on the long history of represe...
