Liberty and Justice for All

by White, Ronald C., Jr.

• ISBN13: 9780664224936
• ISBN10: 0664224938
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2002-07-01
• Publisher: Westminster John Knox Pr

Summary

In the century between the Emancipation Proclamation of Abraham Lincoln and the "I Have a Dream" speech of Martin Luther King, Jr., America sought both to rebuff and to redeem the promise of "liberty and justice for all." The story of slavery and the bloody Civil War that abolished it has been told, but the story of the struggle for liberty and justice by and for African Americans in the half-century following the end of Reconstruction has been largely overlooked. In this highly readable narrative, distinguished historian Ronald C. White, Jr., portrays the people, their ideas, and their ongoing struggle for racial reform in the United States from 1877-1925 -- a vital prelude to the modern civil rights movement and Martin Luther King, Jr. Book jacket.

Author Biography

Ronald C. White, Jr., is Professor of Church History at San Francisco Theological Seminary

Table of Contents

Foreword	p. ix
New Preface	p. xi
Preface	p. xvii
Introduction	p. xxiii
Retreat from Reconstruction, 1877-1897
"The Negro Question"	p. 3
Reappraisal in the North	p. 10
Beyond Accommodation to Reform	p. 27
Dissenting Voices in the South	p. 41
A Missionary Education Bridge	p. 61
Darkness or Dawning? 1898-1908
The Gospel of Education	p. 77
Conservatives versus Radicals: Washington and Du Bois	p. 91
Shifting Allegiances	p. 105
Washington Gladden: A Northern Case Study	p. 130
Edgar Gardner Murphy: A Southern Case Study	p. 148
New Ventures in Racial Reform, 1909-1925
The NAACP and the Urban League	p. 169
The Student Christian Movement	p. 187
The Changing Mind of the Social Gospel	p. 208
"The Church Outside the Churches"	p. 226
Ecumenical Race Relations	p. 245
Epilogue	p. 261
Appendix	p. 267
Notes	p. 277
Index	p. 303
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