Daughter of the Revolution: The Major Nonfiction Works of Pauline E. Hopkins (Multi-Ethnic Literature of the Americas)

Pauline E. Hopkins (1859–1930) came to prominence in the early years of the twentieth century as an outspoken writer, editor, and critic. Frequently recognized for her first novel, Contending Forces, she emerged as one of the most prolific African American women writers of fiction prior to 1930 and is currently one of the most widely read and studied African American novelists from that period. While nearly all of Hopkins’s fiction remains in print, there is very little of her nonfiction available. This reader brings together dozens of her hard-to-find essays. Also included are longer nonfiction works such as Famous Men of the Negro Race, Famous Women of the Negro Race, The Dark Races of the Twentieth Century, and A Primer of Facts Pertaining to the Early Greatness of the African Race and the Possibility of Restoration by Its Descendents, some of which are published here for the first time in their entirety. Through these works, along with two juvenile essays from the 1870s, a personal letter, and two speeches, readers encounter a voice that is committed to constructing an international discourse on race, recovering the militant abolitionist tradition to combat Jim Crow, celebrating black political participation during and after the Reconstruction era, articulating the connections between race and labor, and insisting on equal rights for women. Hopkins’s writing will challenge contemporary scholars to rethink their understanding of black activism and modernity in the early twentieth century. Part I Juvenilia 1 -- The Evils Of Intemperance And Their Remedy 3 -- One Scene From The Drama Of Early Days / Pauline E. Allen 7 -- Part Ii Famous Men Of The Negro Race 9 -- I Toussaint L'ouverture 11 -- Ii Hon. Frederick Douglass 23 -- Iii William Wells Brown 34 -- Iv Robert Brown Elliott 40 -- V Edwin Garrison Walker 49 -- Vi Lewis Hayden 58 -- Vii Charles Lenox Remond 63 -- Viii Sergeant William H. Carney 70 -- Ix John Mercer Langston 77 -- X Senator Blanche K. Bruce 87 -- Xi Robert Morris 94 -- Xii Booker T. Washington 103 -- Part Iii Famous Women Of The Negro Race: [no Installment Xi Was Ever Published.] 111 -- I Phenomenal Vocalists 113 -- Ii Sojourner Truth 123 -- Iii Harriet Tubman (moses) 132 -- Iv Some Literary Workers 140 -- V Literary Workers (concluded) 147 -- Vi Educators 156 -- Vii Educators (continued) 163 -- Viii Educators (concluded) 171 -- Ix Club Life Among Colored Women 178 -- X Artists 185 -- Xii Higher Education Of Colored Women In White Schools And Colleges 193 -- Part Iv Furnace Blasts / J. Shirley Shadrach 199 -- I The Growth Of The Social Evil Among All Classes And Races In America 201 -- Ii Black Or White-which Should Be The Young Afro-american's Choice In Marriage 208 -- Part V The Colored American Magazine Controversy 215 -- Latest Phases Of The Race Problem In America / Sarah A. Allen 217 -- How A New York Newspaper Man Entertained A Number Of Colored Ladies And Gentlemen At Dinner In The Revere House, Boston, And How The Colored American League Was Started 226 -- Letter To William Monroe Trotter 238 -- Part Vi Selected Biographies From The Colored American Magazine 249 -- Whittier, The Friend Of The Negro 251 -- Charles Winter Wood; Or, From Bootblack To Professor / J. Shirley Shadrach 259 -- Rev. John Henry Dorsey / J. Shirley Shadrach 263 -- Munroe Rogers 269 -- Elijah William Smith: A Colored Poet Of Early Days 277 -- Heroes And Heroines In Black 1: Neil Johnson, America Woodfolk, Robert Smalls Et Al. 285 -- William Pickens, Yale University / J. Shirley Shadrach 291 -- Mr. Alan Kirkland Soga / Sarah A. Allen 296 -- Mrs. Jane E. Sharp's School For African Girls / J. Shirley Shadrach 300 -- Part Vii The Dark Races Of The Twentieth Century: [no Installment V Was Ever Published] 3o5 -- I Oceanica: The Dark-hued Inhabitants Of New Guinea, The Bismarck Archipelago, New Hebrides, Solomon Islands, Fiji Islands, Polynesia, Samoa, And Hawaii 307 -- Ii The Malay Peninsula: Borneo, Java, Sumatra, And The Philippines 312 -- Iii The Yellow Race: Siam, China, Japan, Korea, Thibet 317 -- Iv Africa: Abyssinians, Egyptians, Nilotic Class, Berbers, Kaffirs, Hottentots, Africans Of Northern Tropics (including Negroes Of Cental, Eastern, And Western Africa), Negroes Of The United States 322 -- Vi The North American Indian-conclusion 327 -- Part Viii Black Classics Series 333 -- A Primer Of Facts Pertaining To The Early Greatness Of The African Race And The Possibility Of Restoration By Its Descendants-with Epilogue 335 -- Part Ix Published Orations 353 -- Address At The Citizens' William Lloyd Garrison Centenary Celebration 355 -- Address At The Two Days Of Observance Of The One Hundredth Anniversary Of The Birth Of Charles Sumner 358 -- Part X Men Of Vision 361 -- No. 1 Mark Rene De Mortie 363 -- No. 2 Rev. Leonard Andrew Grimes 369 -- Works / Pauline E. Hopkins. Edited And With An Introduction By Ira Dworkin. Includes Bibliographical References (p. 377-388) And Index. Pauline E. Hopkins (1859?1930) came to prominence in the early years of the twentieth century as an outspoken writer, editor, and critic. Frequently recognized for her first novel, Contending Forces, she is currently one of the most widely read and studied African American novelists from that period. While nearly all of Hopkins?s fiction remains in print, there is very little of her nonfiction available. This reader brings together dozens of her hard-to-find essays, including longer nonfiction works such as Famous Men of the Negro Race and The Dark Races of the Twentieth Century, some of which.