African-American Humanism: An Anthology
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Title
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African-American Humanism: An Anthology
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This edition
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"African-American Humanism: An Anthology". Ed. Norm R. Allen, Jr. New York: Prometheus Books, 1991.
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Table of contents
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● Norm R. Allen, Jr. / Introduction
Part One: Biographical Essays on African-American Humanists
● David Howard-Pitney / Frederick Douglass: Abolitionist and Political Leader
● David Howard-Pitney / W. E. B. Du Bois: Black Scholar and Social Activist
● J. A. Rogers / Hubert H. Harrison: Intellectual Giant and Freelance Educator
● Mike McBryde / Joel Augustus Rogers: A Leading Scholar, Thinker, and Motivator
● Ivan Van Sertima / Cheikh Anta Diop: Death Shall Not Find Us Thinking That We Die
● Michel Fabre / Richard Wright: Beyond Naturalism?
Part Two: Essays by African-American Humanists
● Frederick Douglass / "Appendix" to "Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass: An American Slave
● W. E. B. Du Bois / On Christianity
● Langston Hughes / Salvation
● Melvin B. Tolson / A Rationalist Examines Some Crucial Issues of His Time
● Zora Neale Hurston / Religion
● Claude McKay / Poems from a Progressive Freethinker
● Bruce Wright / Catholic Justice
● Charles W. Faulkner / A Psychiatrist Views Humanism, Racism, and Religion
● Ishmael Jaffree / The Quest for Humanist Values
Part Three: Essays by African Humanists
● Emmanuel Kofi Mensah / Thoughts from Africa's Leading Secular Humanist Activist
● Kwasi Wiredu / Morality and Religion in Akan Thought
● Freda Amakye Ansah / The Identity of the African Woman
● Franz Vanderpaye / Shhh! Who Is Talking about Sex?
● Nkeonye Otakpor / Toward a Diagnosis of the Politics of the Western God
Part Four: Interviews (conducted by Norm R. Allen, Jr.)
● Norm R. Allen, Jr. / Norman Hill: Human Rights Activist
● Norm R. Allen, Jr. / "Black Athena": An Interview with Martin G. Bernal
● Norm R. Allen, Jr. / Charles W. Faulkner: Psychiatrist and Syndicated Columnist
● Norm R. Allen, Jr. / Leonard Harris on the Life and Work of Alain Locke
● Notes on Contributors
● Bibliography
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About the anthology
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● A hybrid work, part essay collection, part anthology of source materials.
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Item Number
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A0636
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