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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...

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Main Author: Adeleke, Tunde
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Jackson : University Press of Mississippi, 2003.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Online Access:Texto completo
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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.
Physical Description:1 online resource.
ISBN:9781604730494