The Upward Path (Classic Reprint): The Evolution of a Race: The Evolution of a Race (Classic Reprint) - Tapa blanda

Helm, Mary

 
9781330219973: The Upward Path (Classic Reprint): The Evolution of a Race: The Evolution of a Race (Classic Reprint)

Sinopsis

A sweeping history of the American Negro’s journey from bondage to citizenship, told through faith, education, and community life.


Originally published in the early 20th century, this work examines the Negro experience in America with focus on how religion, schooling, and social structures shaped progress. It blends introduction and reflection with concrete examples of institutions, programs, and personal stories that together illuminate a long, evolving path.



  • The role of Christian missions, churches, and reform efforts in shaping race relations.

  • Education and training—from early schools to normal and industrial institutions—driving practical progress.

  • Home life, women’s associations, and mutual-aid societies as engines of uplift.

  • Social challenges and responses, including crime, poverty, and health, grounded in historical context.


Ideal for readers of history, social science, and anyone seeking to understand how faith, education, and community action intersect in a nation’s moment of change.

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Excerpt from The Upward Path: The Evolution of a Race

Slow Through The Dark

Slow moves the pageant of a climbing race;
Their footsteps drag far, far below the height,
And, unprevailing by their utmost might,
Seems faltering downward from each won place.
No strange, swift-sprung exception we; we trace
A devious way thro' dim, uncertain light -
Our hope, through the long vistaed years, a sight
Of that our Captain's soul sees face to face.
Who, faithless, faltering that the road is steep,
Now raiseth up his drear insistent cry?
Who stoppeth here to spend a while in sleep,
Or curses that the storm obscures the sky?
Heed not the darkness round you, dull and deep;
The clouds grown thickest when the summit's high.

- Paul Lawrence Dunbar

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