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Without regard to race : the other Martin Robison Delany /
Before Marcus Garvey and W.E.B. Du Bois lifted the banner for black liberation and independence, Martin Robison Delany (1812-1885) was at the forefront. He was the first black appointed as a combat major in the Union army during the Civil War. He was a pan-Africanist and a crusader for black freedom...
| Call Number: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | Inglés |
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Jackson :
University Press of Mississippi,
©2003.
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| Online Access: | Texto completo |
| Summary: | Before Marcus Garvey and W.E.B. Du Bois lifted the banner for black liberation and independence, Martin Robison Delany (1812-1885) was at the forefront. He was the first black appointed as a combat major in the Union army during the Civil War. He was a pan-Africanist and a crusader for black freedom and equality in the nineteenth century. For the past three decades, however, this precursor has been regarded only as a militant black nationalist and "racial essentialist." To his discredit, his ideas, programs, and accomplishments have been maintained as models of uncompromising militancy. Clas |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xxxiii, 274 pages) |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 256-267) and index. |
| ISBN: | 1423732146 9781423732143 9781604730494 1604730498 |