by taylorsolutionsinc | Dec 13, 2024
An African American History Bibliography of Authors and Texts Amazon will donate a portion of the purchase price of each book sold through its link on this page to BlackPast.org. Edit TitleEditorSecondaryAuthorYearAmazonLibrarySubject Blacks in Selected Newspapers,...
by Errin Jackson | Apr 15, 2007 | African American History, People in African American History
Alexander Crummell, an Episcopalian priest, missionary, scholar and teacher, was born in New York City in 1819 to free black parents. He spent much of his life addressing the conditions of African Americans, urging an educated black elite to aspire to the highest...
by BlackPast | Jan 29, 2007 | African American History, Speeches in African American History
Image Ownership: Public Domain Alexander Crummell’s remarkable career spanned much of the 19th Century. Before the Civil War Crummell had established his credentials as an abolitionist, educator and lecturer in England as well as the United States. In the...
by BlackPast | Apr 18, 2007 | Global African History, Speeches in Global African History
African American intellectual Alexander Crummell lived in Monrovia, Liberia for nineteen years between 1853 and 1872. While there he taught at Liberia College. In a speech delivered in Monrovia on December 1, 1863, Crummell discusses the role educated young Liberian...
by BlackPast | Apr 18, 2007 | African American History, Speeches in African American History
Image Ownership: Public Domain African American intellectual Alexander Crummell was one of the few19th century scholars known and respected widely among European Americans. In an address before the American Geographical Society delivered in Chickering Hall in New York...