1st Edition

Capitalism vs. Collectivism: The Colonial Era to 1945 African American Political Thought

320 Pages

by Routledge

Description

This new collection of articles provides comprehensive coverage of major and minor figures in the history of African American politics, from Colonial America to the present. Organized around pivotal conflicts and debates, this six-volume set includes a vast array of original articles, speeches, statements, and documents from African American thinkers such as Frederick Douglass, W.E.B. Dubois,... Read more

Volume 3 Capitalism vs. Collectivism: The Colonial Period to 1945. Series Introduction; Timeline; Volume Introduction 1 Socialism: The Remedy for the Evils of Society; Functions of Leadership; The Present Relations of Labor and Capital; The Atlanta Exposition Address; Strike of Galveston Negro Longshoremen, 1898; The Virtue of Industrial Education: Industrial Education for the Negro; The Negro's Part in New National Problem; An Article in the Tuskegee Student: The Negro and the Signs of Civilization; Leadership Education: The Talented Tenth; "Socialist of the Path" and "Negro and Socialism"; Socialism and the Negro Problem (1913); The Black Man and the Unions, Contents; Reasons Why White and Black Workers Should Combine in Labor Unions; Consumers' Cooperation; Lynching: Capitalism Its Cause; Socialism Its Cure; Socialism: The Negroes' Hope; Our Reason for Being; The Negro and the Labor Union: An N.A.A.C.P. Report; The Class Struggle (1921); Socialism and the Negro; The Program of the African-American Blood Brotherhood; The Negro, Communism, Trade Unionism and His (?) Friend: "Beware of Greeks Bearing Gifts"; Capitalism and the State; Governing the Ideal State; The Negro's Place in the Labor Struggle; Black and White Workers; Consumers' Co-Operation; The Menace of Capitalist "Friendship"; The Negro Champion, editorial; Business as Public Service; Negro Labor and the Church, Contents tX; Economic Disfranchisement; Communism and the Negro Tenant Farmer; The Negro and Communism; Negro Editors on Communism; The Bankruptcy of Capitalism and Capitalist Education; Right to Work; Marxism and the Negro Problem; A Critical Analysis of the Tactics and Programs of Minority Groups; Alabama's Blood-Smeared Cotton; Speech to a Jury Concerning Insurrection Charge; A Look at the NAACP; Negroes Should Join the CIO; One American Problem and a Possible Solution; Human Rights for All Minorities; Sources.