Title Righteous propagation : African Americans and the politics of racial destiny after Reconstruction / by Michele Mitchell

Published Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, ©2004

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Description 1 online resource (xxi, 388 pages) : illustrations Contents Prologue : to better our condition one way or another : African Americans and the concept of racial destiny -- A great, grand & all important question : African American emigration to Liberia -- The Black man's burden : imperialism and racial manhood -- The strongest, most intimate hope of the race : sexuality, reproduction, and Afro-American vitality -- The righteous propagation of the nation : conduct, conflict, and sexuality -- Making the home life measure up : environment, class, and the healthy race household -- The colored doll is a live one! : material culture, Black consciousness, and cultivation of intraracial desire -- A burden of responsibility : gender, "miscegenation," and race type -- What a pure, healthy, unified race can accomplish : collective reproduction and the sexual politics of Black nationalism -- Epilogue : the crossroads of destiny Summary Between 1877 and 1930 African American activists promoted an array of strategies for progress and power built around "racial destiny," the idea that black Americans formed a collective whose future existence would be determined by the actions of its members., Michele Mitchell examines the reproductive implications of "racial destiny." Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 347-372) and index Notes Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL English Print version record digitized 2011 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve pda MiAaHDL Subject African Americans -- History -- 1877-1964. African Americans -- Politics and government. African Americans -- Race identity. African Americans -- Sexual behavior Sex role -- United States -- History Sex -- Political aspects -- United States -- History Human reproduction -- Political aspects -- United States -- History African American intellectuals -- History African American political activists -- History SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Ethnic Studies -- African American Studies. African American intellectuals African American political activists African Americans African Americans -- Politics and government African Americans -- Race identity African Americans -- Sexual behavior Human reproduction -- Political aspects Race relations Sex -- Political aspects Sex role Ethnische Identität Fortpflanzung Geschlechterrolle Politische Bewegung Schwarze Etnisch bewustzijn. Rassenvraagstuk. Rassenvermenging. Sekseverschillen. Seksueel gedrag. SUBJECT United States -- Race relations. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85140494 United States https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D014481 Subject United States USA Schwärze Genre/Form History Form Electronic book LC no. 2004007403 ISBN 0807875945 9780807875940 9780807829028 0807829021 9780807855676 0807855677

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