A Carpetbagger in Reverse: Arthur W. Mitchell, America's First Black Democratic Congressman

John Morris Knapp is author of Behind the Diplomatic Curtain.

List of Illustrations
Prologue. “Everybody Knows the Character of the Negro”
Acknowledgments
Introduction. A Forgotten Man and His Unwanted Papers
Chapter 1. “The Place of My Birth, Which Is Very Dear to Me”
Chapter 2. “That Station in Life Where We Should Do Something for Ourselves”
Chapter 3. “He’s a Carpetbagger”
Chapter 4. “What a Difference a Week Makes”
Chapter 5. “A Political Abortion . . . Imprisoned in the Winds of Hate and Slander”
Chapter 6. “The Shame of American Democracy”
Chapter 7. “Not a Republican Dared Move”
Chapter 8. “The Top Expert Statistician of the Democratic Party”
Chapter 9. “The Most Potent Man in Congress”
Chapter 10. “The Greatest Statesman His Race Has Produced in a Century”
Chapter 11. “N______s Ride in Second Class”
Chapter 12. “The Negro Must Work Out His Destiny in the South”
Chapter 13. “Betrayers of the Public Trust”
Chapter 14. “Get Out of Congress as Early as Possible”
Chapter 15. “It Was My Privilege to See You in Action”
Chapter 16. “The Most Notable Decision Since Dred Scott”
Chapter 17. “What Is Democracy Anyway?”
Conclusion. “And So Goes on the Fight”
Notes
Bibliography
Index

“A Carpetbagger in Reverse offers an engaging and well-written account of the life of Arthur Wergs Mitchell. . . . Knapp’s study offers a corrective account of Mitchell’s life and work that seeks to acknowledge this path-breaking Black politician’s many talents and accomplishments without ignoring his faults.” —Mia Bay is author of the Bancroft Prize winning book Traveling Black: A Story of Race and Resistance

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A long overdue account of the pioneering life and work of controversial African American Congressman Arthur Wergs Mitchell of Chicago