| In Black and White: An Interpretation of the South Contributor(s): Hammond, Lily Hardy (Author), Green, Elna C. (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0820330620 ISBN-13: 9780820330624 Publisher: University of Georgia Press OUR PRICE: $29.40 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: March 2008 Annotation: Our problem is not racial, but human and economic. . . . We hold the Negro racially responsible for conditions common to all races on his economic plane. The writings of reformer Lily Hardy Hammond (18591925) are filled with such forthright criticisms of southern white attitudes toward African Americansenough so that her stature as a southern progressive thinker would seem assured. Yet Hammond, who once stood at the intellectual center of the southern womens social gospel movement and was in her time the Souths most prolific female writer on the race question, has been marginalized. |
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| BISAC Categories: - History | United States - State & Local - South (al,ar,fl,ga,ky,la,ms,nc,sc,tn,va,wv) - Social Science | Minority Studies - Social Science | Ethnic Studies - African American Studies |
| Dewey: 973.049 |
| LCCN: 2007031018 |
| Series: Publications of the Southern Texts Society (Paperback) |
| Physical Information: 0.59" H x 6.16" W x 8.87" (0.73 lbs) 224 pages |
| Themes: - Ethnic Orientation - African American - Chronological Period - 1900-1949 - Chronological Period - 1851-1899 - Cultural Region - South - Topical - Black History |
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| Publisher Description: "Our problem is not racial, but human and economic. . . . We hold the Negro racially responsible for conditions common to all races on his economic plane." The writings of reformer Lily Hardy Hammond (1859-1925) are filled with such forthright criticisms of southern white attitudes toward African Americans--enough so that her stature as a southern progressive thinker would seem assured. Yet Hammond, who once stood at the intellectual center of the southern women's social gospel movement and was in her time the South's most prolific female writer on the "race question," has been marginalized. This volume reprints In Black and White, the most important of Hammond's ten books, along with a sampling of the dozens of articles she published. Elna C. Green's biographical introduction tells of Hammond's marriage to a prominent Methodist minister and educator. It also traces Hammond's career within the context of prevailing gender and racial attitudes in the Jim Crow South. Hammond, who had roots in Methodist home mission work, was also active in such secular and ecumenical organizations as the Southern Sociological Congress, the Commission on Interracial Cooperation, and the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. Hammond worked alongside blacks to promote education, improve living conditions, and stop lynching. As a suffragist and temperance advocate, she urged the leaders of those largely white women's movements to partner with African Americans. Historians of religion, social science, and race relations will welcome the reintroduction of this remarkable but virtually forgotten figure. |
Contributor Bio(s): Green, Elna C.: - ELNA C. GREEN is Associate Dean of the College of Humanities and the Arts at San Jose State University. She is the author of This Business of Relief and the editor of Before the New Deal and The New Deal and Beyond (all Georgia)Shields, David S.: - DAVID S. SHIELDS is McClintock Professor of Southern Letters at the University of South Carolina. He edits the journal Early American Literature and also serves as general editor of the Publications of the Southern Texts Society series. Shields's books include Civil Tongues and Polite Letters in British America and Oracles of Empire: Poetry, Politics, and Commerce in British America, 1690-1750. |