{"product_id":"2940012018168","title":"Following the Color Line AN ACCOUNT OF NEGRO CITIZENSHIP IN THE AMERICAN DEMOCRACY","description":"THE NEGRO IN THE SOUTH\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER I\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA RACE RIOT, AND AFTER\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eUpon the ocean, of antagonism between the white and Negro races in this\u003cbr\u003ecountry, there arises occasionally a wave, stormy in its appearance, but\u003cbr\u003esoon subsiding into quietude. Such a wave was the Atlanta riot. Its\u003cbr\u003eominous size, greater by far than the ordinary race disturbances which\u003cbr\u003eexpress themselves in lynchings, alarmed the entire country and awakened\u003cbr\u003ein the South a new sense of the dangers which threatened it. A description\u003cbr\u003eof that spectacular though superficial disturbance, the disaster incident\u003cbr\u003eto its fury, and the remarkable efforts at reconstruction will lead the\u003cbr\u003eway naturally--as human nature is best interpreted in moments of\u003cbr\u003epassion--to a clearer understanding, in future chapters, of the deep and\u003cbr\u003ecomplex race feeling which exists in this country.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOn the twenty-second day of September, 1906, Atlanta had become a\u003cbr\u003everitable social tinder-box. For months the relation of the races had been\u003cbr\u003egrowing more strained. The entire South had been sharply annoyed by a\u003cbr\u003eshortage of labour accompanied by high wages and, paradoxically, by an\u003cbr\u003eincreasing number of idle Negroes. In Atlanta the lower class--the\u003cbr\u003e\"worthless Negro\"--had been increasing in numbers: it showed itself too\u003cbr\u003eevidently among the swarming saloons, dives, and \"clubs\" which a\u003cbr\u003ecomplaisant city administration allowed to exist in the very heart of the\u003cbr\u003ecity. Crime had increased to an alarming extent; an insufficient and\u003cbr\u003eineffective police force seemed unable to cope with it. With a population\u003cbr\u003eof 115,000 Atlanta had over 17,000 arrests in 1905; in 1906 the number\u003cbr\u003eincreased to 21,602. Atlanta had many more arrests than New Orleans with\u003cbr\u003enearly three times the population and twice as many Negroes; and almost\u003cbr\u003efour times as many as Milwaukee, Wisconsin, a city nearly three times as\u003cbr\u003elarge. Race feeling had been sharpened through a long and bitter\u003cbr\u003epolitical campaign, Negro disfranchisement being one of the chief issues\u003cbr\u003eunder discussion. An inflammatory play called \"The Clansman,\" though\u003cbr\u003eforbidden by public sentiment in many Southern cities, had been given in\u003cbr\u003eAtlanta and other places with the effect of increasing the prejudice of\u003cbr\u003eboth races. Certain newspapers in Atlanta, taking advantage of popular\u003cbr\u003efeeling, kept the race issue constantly agitated, emphasising Negro crimes\u003cbr\u003ewith startling headlines. One newspaper even recommended the formation of\u003cbr\u003eorganisations of citizens in imitation of the Ku Klux movement of\u003cbr\u003ereconstruction days. In the clamour of this growing agitation, the voice\u003cbr\u003eof the right-minded white people and industrious, self-respecting Negroes\u003cbr\u003ewas almost unheard. A few ministers of both races saw the impending storm\u003cbr\u003eand sounded a warning--to no effect; and within the week before the riot\u003cbr\u003ethe citizens, the city administration and the courts all woke up together.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCONTENTS\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  CHAPTER                                               PAGE\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  PREFACE                                                vii\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  PART I\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  THE NEGRO IN THE SOUTH\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e     I. A Race Riot and After                              3\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e    II. Following the Colour Line in the South: A\u003cbr\u003e        Superficial View of Conditions                    26\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e   III. The Southern City Negro                           45\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e    IV. In the Black Belt: The Negro Farmer               66\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e     V. Race Relationships in the Country Districts       87\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  PART II\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  THE NEGRO IN THE NORTH\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e    VI. Following the Colour Line in the North           109\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e   VII. The Negroes' Struggle for Survival in Northern\u003cbr\u003e        Cities                                           130\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  PART III\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  THE NEGRO IN THE NATION\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  VIII. The Mulatto: The Problem of Race Mixture         151\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e    IX. Lynching, South and North                        175\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e     X. An Ostracised Race in Ferment: The Conflict of\u003cbr\u003e        Negro Parties and Negro Leaders over Methods\u003cbr\u003e        of Dealing with Their Own Problem                216\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e    XI. The Negro in Politics                            233\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e   XII. The Black Man's Silent Power                     252\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  XIII. The New Southern Statesmanship                   271\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e   XIV. What to Do About the Negro--A Few Conclusions    292\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  Index                                                  311","brand":"SAP","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47081041461488,"sku":"2940012018168","price":0.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940012018168_p0.jpg?v=1763552102","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940012018168","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}