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mods: The reason why the colored American is not in the World's Columbian Exposition the Afro-American's contribution to Columbian literature Black thought and culture Wells-Barnett, Ida B. 1862-1931 author, publisher. Douglass, Frederick 1818-1895 writer of introduction. Penn, I. Garland (Irvine Garland) 1867-1930 contributor. Barnett, Ferdinand L. 1852-1936 contributor. Alexander Street (Firm) text Electronic books. pamphlets. History Informational works. Tracts (Ephemera) Documents d'information. Tracts. ilu 1893 monographic eng fre ger remote 1 online resource (2 preliminary leaves, 3-81 pages) : illustrations "Expressly intended to demonstrate America's national progress toward utopia, the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago pointedly excluded the contributions of African Americans ... Many African Americans saw the racist policies of the World's Columbian Exposition as mirroring, framing, and reinforcing the larger horrors confronting blacks throughout the United States, where white supremacy meant segregation, second-class citizenship, and sometimes mob violence and lynching. In response to the politics of exclusion that governed the fair, and of its larger implications, several prominent African Americans resolved to publish a pamphlet that would catalog the achievements of African Americans since the abolition of slavery while articulating the persistent political economy of apartheid in the American South ... An eloquent statement of protest and pride, The Reason Why the Colored American Is Not in the World's Columbian Exposition reminds us that struggles over cultural representation are nothing new in American life"--University of Illinois Press description Introduction / Frederick Douglass -- Class legislation ; The convict lease system ; Lynch law / Ida B. Wells -- The progress of the Afro-American since emancipation. The professions ; In literature ; In journalism ; In church ; His wealth and business interests ; As tradesmen and general laborers ; …