Between the end of Reconstruction in 1877 (when Hayes sacrificed African-American freedom in exchange for the White House) and the end of World War I in 1918, African Americans experienced their nadir. North and South colluded in gutting the Fourteenth and Fifteenth Amendments, depriving African Americans of their rights, and denying them equal education and a living wage.
The Betrayal of the Negro (originally published as The Negro in American Life and Thought: The Nadir, 1877-1901 and subsequently expanded) is the only full-scale account to document with encyclopedic research this neglected period in American history. The author examines every aspect of our country's post-Reconstruction retreat from equality: the economic factors, the Supreme Court decision, Booker T.
Washington and his "Era of Compromise," and, in a unique and disturbing survey, the racist caricatures that dominated the most liberal newspapers and magazines of the day. Dispassionate and insightful, Logan unfolds a narrative of national betrayal as harrowing as it is heartbreaking.

Negro in American life and thought: the nadir, 1877-1901

Logan, Rayford Whittingham, 1897-1982

Rayford Whittingham Logan

Bibliographical references included in "Notes" (p. 397-430)
"Originally published as The Negro in American life and thought: the nadir, 1877-1901."

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"Originally published as The Negro in American life and thought: the nadir, 1877-1901."
Bibliographical references included in "Notes" (p. 397-430)
I : The problem -- The "let alone" policy of Hayes -- Dead center under Cleveland -- The reopening under Harrison -- The nadir under McKinley -- The supreme court and the negro -- The economic roots of second-class citizenship: agriculture -- The economic roots of second-class citizenship: organized labor -- II : Introduction: the mind of the north, 1877-1901 -- 10. National issues in the northern press, 1877-1890 -- National issues in the northern press, 1890-1901 -- The "color line" in the "new north," 1877-1901 -- The negro as portrayed in the leading literary magazines -- The Atlanta compromise -- The roots of recovery -- III : "A low, rugged plateau" -- "A shore, dimly seen" -- The negro as portrayed in representative northern magazines and newspapers

2023-06-28