Negro builders and heroes

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CONTENTS

1. Mother Africa, p. 1
2. The wake of the slave-ship, p. 7
3. Crispus Attucks, p. 12
4. Phillis Wheatley, p. 19
5. Benjamin Banneker: Astronomer, p. 25
6. Richard Allen and Absalom Jones, p. 30
7. Paul Cuffe: Seaman and Philanthropist, p. 35
8. Negro Insurrectionists, p. 40
9. John Chavis: Early Schoolmaster, p. 48
10. The Sailing of the Amistad, p. 54
11. Frederick Douglass as an Orator, p. 61
12. Harriet Tubman and her "Underground Railroad", p. 67
13. Sojourner Truth, p. 73
14. John Jasper: "De Sun Do Move", p. 80
15. Early Effort for Practical Training: Martin R. Delany, p. 88
16. Daniel A. Payne: Idealist, p. 95
17. The Fifty-fourth Massachusetts, p. 104
18. Fort Wagner, p. 115
19. The Negro in Congress, p. 120
20. Blanche K. Bruce: United States Senator,p. 127
21. Robert B. Elliott and His Civil Rights Speech, p. 13
22. John Mercer Langston and the Negro Exodus, p. 139
23. Booker T. Washington and Industrial Education, p. 147
24. Paul Laurence Dunbar, p. 158
25. Charles Young and the Tenth Cavalry, p. 167
26. Matthew A. Henson, Explorer, p. 173
27. John Merrick: Pioneer in Business, p. 177
28. W. E. Burghardt DuBois, p. 185
29. Heroes of the World War, p. 191
30. Leaders in Religious Work, p. 197
31. Leaders in Education, p. 211
32. The Negro in the Professions, p. 226
33. The Negro in Literature, p. 233
34. Music and Art, p. 242
35. Science and Invention, p. 250
36. The Negro in Sport, p. 255
37. The Negro Woman in American Life, p. 260
38. Maggie L. Walker and Her Enterprise, p. 267
39. Women Who Have Led in Education, p. 273
40. American Ideals and the Negro, p. 289
Bibliographical Notes, p. 293
Index, p. 305