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All the World Is Here! – The Black Presence at White City

Autor Christopher Rob Reed
en Limba Engleză Paperback – 17 feb 2002
"This entrancing book looks at the clash of class and caste within the black community].... An important reexamination of African American history."
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The 1893 World s Columbian Exposition in Chicago showed the world that America had come of age. Dreaming that they could participate fully as citizens, African Americans flocked to the fair by the thousands. "All the World Is Here " examines why they came and the ways in which they took part in the Exposition. Their expectations varied. Well-educated, highly assimilated African Americans sought not just representation but also membership at the highest level of decision making and planning. They wanted to participate fully in all intellectual and cultural events. Instead, they were given only token roles and used as window dressing. Their stories of pathos and joy, disappointment and hope, are part of the lost history of "White City." Frederick Douglass, who embodied the dream that inclusion within the American mainstream was possible, would never forget America s World s Fair snub."
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9780253215352
ISBN-10: 0253215358
Pagini: 264
Dimensiuni: 156 x 235 x 15 mm
Greutate: 0.39 kg
Editura: MH – Indiana University Press

Cuprins

Preface; AcknowledgementsIntroductionPart One: Around the NationExpectationsParticipation and ProtestRace, Class, GenderPart Two: In Host City ChicagoThe Domain of WorkThe Social OrderPart Three: At the Fair6. "They Met at the Fair": Linkages7. The Scope of InvolvementPart Four: "All the World is Here!" 8. Continental Africa at the Fair: Dahomey Village9. On the Fairgrounds: The Haytian Pavilion10. Diasporan and Continental Africa Meet: The Congress on AfricaAppendix I: Frederick Douglass's Speech at Colored American Day; Appendix II: Colored People's Blue Book; Appendix III: Commentaries from Midway Types; Appendix IV: "Judge," a poem by A. T. Worden; Notes; Index

Recenzii

“This entrancing book looks at [the clash of class and caste within the black community] . . . . An important reexamination of African American history.” - Choice

Notă biografică

Christopher Robert Reed

Descriere

A look at African and African American participation in the 1893 Columbian Exposition