To lift up my race : the essential writings of Samuel Robert Cassius /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Cassius, Samuel Robert, 1853-1931
Other Authors:	Robinson, Edward J., 1967-
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Knoxville : University of Tennessee Press, [2008]
Edition:	1st ed.
Subjects:	African Americans > Religion. Sermons, American > African American authors. Black theology. Theology, Doctrinal.

Table of Contents:

Introduction: The worlds of Samuel Robert Cassius
Racial uplift through evangelism
"The one object of my life" : Cassius's evangelism program
Family matters : a glimpse into Cassius's home life
Friends in white and black : Cassius's relationships with common and uncommon people
Racial uplift through religious education
"To lift up my race" : Cassius's educational program
The Cassius canon : Cassius's use of the Bible
Racial uplift through race pride
The Black man's paradise : Cassius and the Oklahoma experience
America's "race problem" : Cassius and race relations
Racial uplift through writing and traveling
"The third birth of a nation" : racial thought
The first globetrotter : many sojourns.