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Book SynopsisJames Edward Shepard was an African-American leader between 1900 and 1947. He was, however, more than a race leader. Shepard was a minister, politician, pharmacist, entrepreneur, world traveler, civil servant, businessman, one of the founders of North Carolina Mutual Life Insurance Company (the world's largest African-American Life Insurance Company), president of the International Denominational Sunday School Convention, one of the founders of Mechanics and Farmers Bank of Durham, President of the North Carolina Teachers Association, and a visionary. Dr. Shepard was active in several social and fraternal organizations. He was Grand Mast of The Prince Hall Free and Accepted Masons of North Carolina, Grand Patron of the Eastern Star of North Carolina, and Secretary of Finances for the Knights of Pythia. He was on the Board of Trustees of Lincoln Hospital of Durham, the Oxford (NC) Colored Orphanage, member of the Executive Committee of the North Carolina Agricultural Society, and Field Superintendent of Work Among Negros for the International Sunday School Association. He was also an educator, historian, and scholar. He was founder and president of North Carolina Central University, the first State-supported liberal arts college for African Americans in the United States.
Trade ReviewLenwood G. Davis and Janie Miller's Selected Writings and Speeches of James E. Shepard, 1896-1946: Founder of North Carolina Central University offers and insightful view of Shepard's approach to racial uplift. . . .[T]his book provides an excellent source of primary documents, including newspapers articles, speeches, and correspondence, from an African American leader during the Jim Crow era. It is well researched and ably edited. After a careful read, researches of North Carolina history and black leaders of the early twentieth century will gain a better understanding and appreciation of the complex decisions made by Shepard and southern black leaders. This text is recommended for anyone who is considering research on a southern black leader during the Jim Crow era. * Journal of Southern History *
Table of ContentsIntroduction I. LITERATURE Commentary 1. Introduction to book 2. Negro Contributions to the Literature of the World II. FREEDOM Commentary 1. Liberty, Not Lawlessness III. BUSINESS Commentary 1. The Negro as a Real Estate Dealer IV. THE SOUTH Commentary 1. The Possibilities and Opportunities of the Negro in the South 2. The Challenge of the South 3. Is The North or the South Fairer to the Negro? (The South) V. RACE RELATIONS Commentary 1. Message to the Negro Race 2. America and the Race Problem 3. Racial Relationships in North Carolina VI. RELIGION Commentary 1. Work Among the Negroes 2. Work Among the Negroes in America 3. Religious Education among the Negroes 4. Religious Training, the Hope of the Negro Race VII. EDUCATION Commentary 1. The True Solution 2 An Appeal Supported By Facts and Reason 3. Are the People of North Carolina Willing to Approve this Request? 4. A Message from Our President 5. Negro Education 6. Education in a Democracy VIII. POLITICS Commentary 1. Colored Men (Should) Vote For Taft IX. FOREIGN TRAVEL Commentary 1. Foreign Travels 2. Cuba and Her People X. NORTH CAROLINA Commentary 1. The Spirit of North Carolina 2 Inter Racial Progresses in North Carolina XI. DISCRIMINATION Commentary 1.Racial Discrimination 2.Discrimination Against Negroes XII. DEMOCRACY Commentary 1. Democracy and Education 2. Plea for Democracy 3. Our Tasks 4 These Eighty Years XIII. WORLD WAR TWO Commentary 1. Letter To President Franklin D. Roosevelt 2. Let’s Win the War 3. Our Mutual Tasks NOTES BIBLIOGRAPHY INDEX
