The Art of the Possible: Booker T. Washington and Black Leadership in the United States, 1881-1925 / Edition 1

by Kevern J. Verney

Overview

The Art of The Possible is a new study of the ideas and achievements of Booker T. Washington, the most influential African American leader of the period 1881-1915.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780815337232
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	10/12/2001
Series:	Crosscurrents in African American History , #14
Pages:	230
Product dimensions:	5.44(w) x 8.50(h) x (d)

About the Author

Dr. K.J. Verney, History Department, Edge Hill College of Higher Education

Table of Contents

1 lntroduction: African-American History. 2 The Lion and the Lamb: Frederick Douglass and Booker T. Washington 3 Roads Not Taken: Booker T. Washington as a .Race Leader 4 As Scparate as the Five Fingers: Booker T. Washington and the Age of Jim Crow 5 Realist or Reactionary? Booker T. Washington and the Great Migration 6 The Realist and the Dreamer'! Booker T. Washington and W. E. B. Du Bois 7 The Wizard and the Guat: Booker T. Washington. Ralph W. Tykr. and the Nation Negro Business League 8 The Sorcerer an J the Apprentice: Booker T. Ill Washington and Marcus Garvey CHAPTER 9 Booker T. Washington and African- American Autobiography CHAPTER 10 Booker T. Washington and African-American History: A Historiographical Perspective