For Labor, Race, and Liberty: George Edwin Taylor, His Historic Run for the White House, and the Making of Independent Black PoliticsMore than one hundred years before Barack Obama, George Edwin Taylor made presidential history. Born in the antebellum South to a slave and a freed woman, Taylor became the first African American ticketed as a political party’s nominee for president of the United States, running against Theodore Roosevelt in 1904. Best Books for Professional Use, selected by the American Association for School Libraries Best Books for General Audiences, selected by the Public Library Association Second Place, Biography, Society of Midland Authors |
Contents
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Taylors Early Years in Gods Country | 14 |
Schools of Hard Knocks | 28 |
Succeeding in the African American World | 57 |
Black and Equal | 86 |
A Duty to Himself and His Race | 107 |
Retreat and Reconstruct | 135 |
Conclusion | 146 |
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For Labor, Race, and Liberty: George Edwin Taylor, His Historic Run for the ... Bruce L. Mouser No preview available - 2011 |