Author:
Alexander, Sadie Tanner Mossell, 1898-1989, author.
ImprintNew Haven : Yale University Press, [2021]
Descriptionxxii, 297 pages ; 25 cm
Note:Part I. Racial Ideology and Black Achievements -- Introduction -- "The Contributions of the Negro to American Life," ca. 1920s -- Fragment, Speech, ca. 1920s -- Fragment, "Contributions [We Can] Make," ca. 1920s -- "Outstanding Achievements of Negro Women," ca. 1930s -- "Address on Negro Achievement," 1936 -- "Acceptance Speech of the Award of the Pennsylvania Society for Promoting the Abolition of Slavery," 1975 -- Part II. Black Women in the Political Economy -- Introduction -- "Segregation in Public Schools," 1925 -- "A Demand for Women as Executive Officers of the Church," 1928 -- "Negro Women in Our Economic Life," 1930 -- "The Emancipated Woman," ca. 1930s -- "The Economic Status of Negro Women, an Index to the Negro's Economic Status," ca. 1930s -- "Address Before Delta Sigma Theta Sorority," 1939 -- "Women as Practitioners of Law in the United States," 1941 -- Part III. Black Workers and Economic Justice -- Introduction -- "Address on the Economic and Occupational Status of Negroes," 1935 and 1936 -- "The Role of the Negro Women in the Economic Life of the Post-War South," 1945 -- "New Tempos;New Concepts," 1963 -- "Statement of Mrs. Sadie T. M. Alexander at the White House Regional Conference on Equal Employment Opportunity," 1964 -- "Response of Sadie T. M. Alexander, Esquire, at Luncheon in Her Honor," 1968 -- Part IV. Democracy and Citizenship Rights -- Introduction -- "Constitutional Guarantees of Civil Rights to American Negroes," 1934 -- "Speech Before the Eastern Federation of Negro Republicans," 1935 -- "Address on the Theme 'War Must Cease,' " 1935 -- "For the Republican Party in the Lackawanna County Elections," 1935 -- "Coming Events Cast Their Shadow/ Address in Detroit," 1939 -- "The Place of a College Fraternity in the Life of a Student, in the Life of a University, in the Life of the Negro Race," 1939 -- "On the Status of the Philadelphia Negro," 1942 -- Fragment, "Concerning the Loyalty Pledge Statement of Security Principles and the House Un-American Activities," 1947-1948 -- "To Secure These Rights," 1948 -- "The Responsibility of Minorities," 1948 -- "Progress Made in Civil Rights in the United States Since the Publication of To Secure These Rights," ca. 1958 -- "Founders Day Address," 1963 -- "Education and Social Change: The Citizen's Role in Achieving Civil Rights," ca. 1966 -- "The Catalytic Role of Commissions in Helping Alienated Communities," 1967.
Bibliography Note:Includes bibliographical references and index.
Note:The first book to bring together the key writings and speeches of civil rights activist Sadie Tanner Mossell Alexander - the first Black American economist.
