What Anna Julia Cooper thinks about America
African-American educator and writer (1858 to 1964); author of A Voice from the South.
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3 dated positions, c. 1892, in their own words. Our reading of what Anna Julia Cooper has said — not written or endorsed by them.
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Their wordsAnd yet politics, and surely American politics, is hardly a school for great minds.
↗A Voice from the South (1892)gutenberg.org All 20 from this book
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Our readingAmerica's race problem guarantees the progress of its institutions and the breadth of its culture
Their wordsWe would not deprecate the fact, then, that America has a Race Problem. It is guaranty of the perpetuity and progress of her institutions, and insures the breadth of her culture and the symmetry of her development.
↗A Voice from the South (1892)gutenberg.org All 20 from this book
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Their wordsWe know that our bill is a true one—that the debt is as real as to any pensioners of our government.
↗A Voice from the South (1892)gutenberg.org All 20 from this book