Project Gutenberg 2010-02-13 Public domain in the USA. 111 Crummell, Alexander 1819 1898 09024193 Civilization the Primal Need of the Race, and The Attitude of the American Mind Toward the Negro Intellect The American Negro Academy. Occasional Paper No. 3 Produced by Suzanne Shell, Stephanie Eason, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net. "Civilization the Primal Need of the Race, and The Attitude of the American Mind Toward the Negro Intellect" by Alexander Crummell is a collection of addresses delivered in the late 19th century. This scholarly work, consisting of two pivotal addresses, outlines the necessity of cultural development and intellectual elevation for the African American community and critiques the prevailing attitudes toward Negro intellect at that time. Crummell emphasizes that civilization, through literature, art, and philosophy, is essential for the progress of the race. In his inaugural address, Crummell argues that the lack of artistic and scholarly pursuits among African Americans leads to cultural inferiority, advocating for a movement toward higher education and intellectual engagement to combat societal perceptions of racial inferiority. He observes the systemic denial of educational opportunities for black individuals by a predominantly white society, highlighting the damaging effects of such attitudes on the cultural development of the Negro. Ultimately, Crummell calls for the empowerment of black intellectuals to foster change within their communities, urging that self-recognition and self-advocacy in the face of discrimination are crucial for progress. The second address focuses on the historical neglect and systematic obstruction faced by black intellect, reinforcing the necessity for an intellectual renaissance within the African American community. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en African Americans E151 Text Browsing: Culture/Civilization/Society Browsing: History - American Browsing: Sociology 74366 74349 2024-09-13T09:07:54.798784 2023-09-14T03:42:17.538177 text/html text/html 70875 2021-01-06T04:36:06 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 27097 2021-01-06T04:36:06 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 107893 2024-09-13T09:07:59.664775 application/epub+zip 106210 2024-09-13T09:07:57.367773 application/epub+zip 86788 2024-09-13T09:07:56.496781 application/epub+zip 314895 2024-09-13T09:08:01.380766 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 304571 2024-09-13T09:07:59.067750 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 100085 2022-09-14T11:02:53.343834 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 65323 65218 2024-09-13T09:07:54.556812 2023-09-14T03:42:17.329165 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 65011 2021-01-06T04:36:06 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 25389 2021-01-06T04:36:06 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 65002 2021-01-06T04:36:06 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 25371 2021-01-06T04:36:06 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 20303 2024-09-13T09:08:01.507756 application/rdf+xml 26454 2024-09-13T09:07:56.844789 image/jpeg 4680 2024-09-13T09:07:56.672755 image/jpeg 109138 2024-09-13T09:07:54.807767 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia