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Informationen zum Autor A Harvard graduate, historian, author, and activist, Rayford W. Logan (1897?1982) chaired the Department of History at Howard University, edited the Journal of Negro History, and was one of the pioneering members of the civil rights movement. Klappentext "Between the end of Reconstruction in 1877 and the end of World War I in 1918! African Americans experienced their nadir. The Betrayal of the Negro (originally published as The Negro in American Life a" Zusammenfassung "Between the end of Reconstruction in 1877 and the end of World War I in 1918, African Americans experienced their nadir. The Betrayal of the Negro (originally published as The Negro in American Life a" Inhaltsverzeichnis * Introduction by Eric Foner Part I. * The Problem * The Let Alone Policy of Hayes * Dead Center Under Cleveland * The Reopening Under Harrison * The Nadir Under McKinley * The Supreme Court and the Negro * The Economic Roots of Second-Class Citizenship: Agriculture * The Economic Roots of Second-Class Citizenship: Organized Labor Part II. * Introduction: The Mind of the North: 18771901 * National Issues in the Northern Press: 18771890 * National Issues in the Northern Press: 18901901 * The Color Line in the New North: 18771901 * The Negro Portrayed in the Leading Literary Magazines * The Atlanta Compromise * The Roots of Recovery Part III. * A Low! Rugged Plateau * A Shore! Dimly Seen * The Negro as Portrayed in Representative Northern Magazines and Newspapers * Conclusion