African-American Odyssey

by Broussard, Albert S.

• ISBN13: 9780700609161
• ISBN10: 0700609164
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1998-11-01
• Publisher: Univ Pr of Kansas

Summary

T. McCants Stewart was a prominent African-American in his day, a lawyer during the Reconstruction who later became a minister, politician, and racial activist and was regarded by his peers as one of the most significant black leaders of his generation. This book illuminates the professional career and private lives of Stewart and his descendants over three generations, providing an epic account of an African-American family in America.

Table of Contents

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS	ix
INTRODUCTION	1	(10)
Part I. The Mission of the Talented Tenth	11	(110)
1. Humble Beginnings	11	(21)
2. A National Leader Emerges	32	(17)
3. Years of Triumph and Frustration	49	(15)
4. The Talented Tenth	64	(15)
5. New Challenges, New Frustrations: Hawaii, Liberia, and St. Thomas, 1898-1923	79	(42)
PHOTO INSERT	103	(18)
Part II. Race, Obligation, and the New Generation	121	(64)
6. McCants Stewart: The Struggle of the African-American Professional in the Far West	121	(17)
7. Gilchrist Stewart: Forgotten Black Leader in the Age of Booker T. Washington	138	(12)
8. Carlotta Stewart Lai: An African-American Teacher in the Territory of Hawaii	150	(14)
9. Robert Flippin and Katherine Stewart Flippin	164	(21)
CONCLUSION	185	(8)
NOTES	193	(44)
INDEX	237