The African Methodist Episcopal Church
The African Methodist Episcopal Church

Author: Dennis C. Dickerson

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2020-01-09

Total Pages: 615

ISBN-13: 0521191521

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Explores the emergence of African Methodism within the black Atlantic and how it struggled to sustain its liberationist identity.

The North Carolina Experience
The North Carolina Experience

Author: Lindley S. Butler

Publisher: Univ of North Carolina Press

Published: 2010-06-15

Total Pages: 476

ISBN-13: 0807898899

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This collection of nineteen original essays on selected topics and epochs in North Carolina history offers a broad survey of the state from its discovery and colonization to the present. Each chapter consists of an interpretive essay on a specific aspect of North Carolina's history, a collection of supporting documents, and a brief bibliography. Selections cover historical periods ranging from Elizabethan to contemporary times and examine such issues as slavery, populism, civil rights, and the status of women. Essays address the tragedy of North Carolina's Indians, the state's role in the Revolutionary War and the Confederacy, and the impact of the Great Depression. North Carolina's place in the New South and evangelical culture in the state are also discussed. Designed as a supplementary reader for the study and teaching of North Carolina history, The North Carolina Experience will introduce college students to the process of historical research and writing. It will also be a valuable resource in secondary schools, public libraries, and the homes of those interested in North Carolina history.

Economic Co-operation Among Negro Americans
Economic Co-operation Among Negro Americans

Author: William Edward Burghardt Du Bois

Publisher:

Published: 1907

Total Pages: 196

ISBN-13:

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Reviews the status of African Americans through research on Africa, the West Indies, and the Colonies, and how those different settings have affected the economic and social capabilities of the African people. It provides a history of cooperation among African Americans, describing its beginnings in the African church and its further progress as seen in the development of the Underground Railroad. Du Bois moves on to discuss the roles of emancipation, the Freedmen's Bureau, and migration. There is considerable detail and statistics about various types of economic cooperation including churches, schools, beneficial and insurance societies, secret societies, cooperative benevolence, banks, and cooperative business.