Racial Identity and the Civilizing Mission: Double-Consciousness at the 1895 Congress on Africa

The Congress on Africa was held in Atlanta, Georgia, in December 1895 as part of a campaign to promote African American involvement in Methodist missions to Africa. Held in conjunction with the same exposition where Booker T. Washington delivered his famous Atlanta Compromise address, the Congress i...

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Main Author: Harris, Paul W. (Author)
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Language:English
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Published: Cambridge University Press [2008]
In: Religion and American culture
Year: 2008, Volume: 18, Issue: 2, Pages: 145-176
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