BookFronter
The Negro Problem by Booker T. Washington

The Negro Problem

Booker T. Washington

Start Publishing LLC · Print & ebook · February 19, 2013

A History pick for readers exploring The Negro Problem.

Black HistoryAfrican American StudiesRace & Ethnic Relationsessays
More
blackhistoryleadershipafrican
Buy on Amazon

We earn from qualifying purchases.

Who it’s for
Six essays invite a clear-eyed encounter with changing—and stubbornly persistent—race relations.
Genres
African American Studies, Race & Ethnic Relations, Black History
Published
Start Publishing LLC, February 19, 2013

Nearest books

Matched by what the books are about, then ordered by what their readers also loved. Most of these share its genre: Black History.

  1. W.e.b. Du Bois: Black Reconstruction (LOA #350)W.E.B. Du Bois69% matchAlso shares Race & Ethnic Relations
  2. A Short History of Reconstruction [updated Edition]Eric Foner63% match
  3. Reconstruction Updated EditionEric Foner60% match
  4. The Black BoxHenry Louis Gates Jr.59% matchAlso shares African American Studies
  5. Stony the RoadHenry Louis Gates Jr.59% matchAlso shares African American Studies
  6. The Record of Murders and OutragesWilliam A. Blair58% match
  7. The Second FoundingEric Foner58% match
  8. The Souls of Black FolkW.E.B. Du Bois57% matchAlso shares African American Studies

For younger readers: We Are Not Yet Equal, Stolen Justice: the Struggle for African American Voting Rights (scholastic Focus), What Was Reconstruction?

Start with three books, and this one can be the first.

Members get a new edition every morning: a route out from their books to essays, research and talks, with the reason for each.

Start with this book

About this book

Here are six historic essays on the state of race relations during the Reconstruction and early twentieth century, written from the African American point of view. These essays show us how far race relations have progressed, and sadly how far we have yet to go.

Continue reading

Included are "Industrial Education for the Negro," by Booker T. Washington, "The Talented Tenth," by W.E. Burghardt DuBois, "The Disfranchisement of the Negro," by Charles W. Chesnutt, "The Negro and the Law," by Wilford H. Smith, "The Characteristics of the Negro People," by H.T. Kealing, and "Representative American Negroes" by Paul Laurence Dunbar.

History in Argument

Six essays invite a clear-eyed encounter with changing—and stubbornly persistent—race relations.

Come here for

  • Historic essays on race relations from African American perspectives
  • A layered view of Reconstruction and the early twentieth century

Expect

  • Distinct arguments on education, law, voting rights, and leadership
  • Perspectives that make progress and unfinished work hard to separate

Where it sits

African American Studies46%
Race & Ethnic Relations27%
Black History24%

Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.

Publisher categories

  • Social History
  • Minority Studies
  • Sociology
Authors
Booker T. Washington
Publisher
Start Publishing LLC
Published
February 19, 2013
Format
Print & ebook
Reading lane
Social History