Black and White: Land, Labor, and Politics in the SouthFeaturing a new foreword by Robin D. G. Kelley, this updated edition of the classic exploration of the economic inequality that fuels systematic racism, from one of the leading Black public intellectuals of the 19th century, is as timely and radical today as it was when it was first published. “The preeminent Black journalist of his age” (Henry Louis Gates, Jr., author of The Black Church) and an early agitator for civil rights, T. Thomas Fortune astutely and compellingly analyzes the relationship between capitalism and racism in the United States. He reveals that the country’s racial hierarchy has been part of our national fabric since the first European set foot here and is rooted in a much larger system of economic exploitation. He argues that in order for the United States to realize its founding ideals and end racial discrimination, this system must be dismantled, reparations made, and labor fairly remunerated. Fortune’s passionate analysis and radical vision of the United States will force you to rethink what America could have been if his arguments had been heeded in the 1880s and what must be done for us to move forward as a unified nation. |
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... Social conditions. 2. African Americans—Southern States—Economic conditions. 3. African Americans— Southern States—Politics and government. 4. Racism—Southern States— History. 5. Southern States—Race relations. 6. United States—Race ...
... Social conditions. 2. African Americans—Southern States—Economic conditions. 3. African Americans— Southern States—Politics and government. 4. Racism—Southern States— History. 5. Southern States—Race relations. 6. United States—Race ...
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... . Fortune would spend his adult life analyzing this unjust social order and seeking to understand how it might be resisted and transformed. Like most former slaves, Fortune had limited opportunity for formal introduction vii.
... . Fortune would spend his adult life analyzing this unjust social order and seeking to understand how it might be resisted and transformed. Like most former slaves, Fortune had limited opportunity for formal introduction vii.
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... social theorist of his generation. Most important, he extended the economic dimension of African-American political thought. From the era of slavery onward, African Americans had been acutely aware that their racial oppression was ...
... social theorist of his generation. Most important, he extended the economic dimension of African-American political thought. From the era of slavery onward, African Americans had been acutely aware that their racial oppression was ...
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... social perspectives, including a commitment to elementary and industrial education, a conviction that some strategy needed to be found for improving relations between black and white southerners, and an intuition that the economic ...
... social perspectives, including a commitment to elementary and industrial education, a conviction that some strategy needed to be found for improving relations between black and white southerners, and an intuition that the economic ...
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... social equality in the hope that gradual economic mobility would gain other rights for African Americans over time, Fortune agitated for full equality of every kind, denounced segregation in all its forms, and criticized the injustice ...
... social equality in the hope that gradual economic mobility would gain other rights for African Americans over time, Fortune agitated for full equality of every kind, denounced segregation in all its forms, and criticized the injustice ...
Contents
Section 1 | 1 |
Section 2 | 6 |
Section 3 | 13 |
Section 4 | 19 |
Section 5 | 28 |
Section 6 | 38 |
Section 7 | 56 |
Section 8 | 64 |
Section 10 | 80 |
Section 11 | 90 |
Section 12 | 98 |
Section 13 | 109 |
Section 14 | 123 |
Section 15 | 136 |
Section 16 | 149 |
Section 17 | 155 |
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