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Is The Negro Having A Fair Chance?

Is The Negro Having A Fair Chance?

Washington, Booker T.

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Anthropology19th Century United States HistoryFiction Anthologies

ISBN10: 1162668458
ISBN13: 9781162668451
Publisher: Kessinger Pub Llc
Published: Sep 10 2010
Pages: 30
Weight: 0.15
Height: 0.06 Width: 7.50 Depth: 9.25
Language: English
Is The Negro Having A Fair Chance? is a non-fiction book written by Booker T. Washington, an African American educator, author, and advisor to presidents. The book was first published in 1910 and is a collection of essays and speeches that Washington gave on the topic of race relations in the United States. In the book, Washington argues that African Americans are not being given a fair chance to succeed in American society due to systemic racism and discrimination. He discusses the importance of education and vocational training for African Americans to improve their economic opportunities and social standing. Washington also addresses the issue of political representation for African Americans and the need for greater participation in the democratic process. The book is a seminal work in the history of African American literature and political thought, and remains relevant today in discussions of race and inequality in America.From an economic point of view, the negro in the North, when compared with the white man, does not have a fair chance. This is the feeling not only of the colored people themselves, but of almost every one who has examined into the conditions under which colored men work. But here also one is likely to form a wrong opinion. There is, to begin with, this general difference between the North and the South, that whereas in the South there is, as I have already suggested, a job looking for every idle man, in the North, on the contrary, there are frequently two or three idle men looking for every job.This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the old original and may contain some imperfections such as library marks and notations. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions, that are true to their original work.

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