Project Gutenberg 2011-02-12 Public domain in the USA. 334 Brawley, Benjamin Griffith 1882 1939 Brawley, B. G. (Benjamin Griffith) 18012720 Your Negro Neighbor Produced by Suzanne Shell, Jeannie Howse and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.) "Your Negro Neighbor" by Benjamin Griffith Brawley is a historical account written in the early 20th century. The text addresses the complex and often unjust relationship between African Americans and broader American society during a tumultuous period marked by racial discrimination, World War I, and questions of civil rights. Brawley discusses the contributions of Black Americans, their struggles for equality, and their efforts to assert their dignity and rights within a prejudiced system. At the start of the book, the author seeks to engage the American public by highlighting the paradox of fighting for democracy abroad while ignoring grave injustices at home. He reflects on the historical context of African Americans' role in the nation, noting their sacrifices in war and the persistent social and legal inequalities they faced, such as disenfranchisement and segregation. Through powerful anecdotes and data, Brawley urges a reexamination of the Negro's status and appeals for a national moral awakening to ensure that the principles of liberty and justice are genuinely applied to all citizens, particularly those of African descent. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en African Americans E151 Text Browsing: Culture/Civilization/Society Browsing: History - American 169434 163908 2024-09-15T04:35:57.300990 2023-09-15T10:20:00.055312 text/html text/html 162354 2021-01-07T12:38:59 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 223194 2021-01-07T12:38:59 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 278033 2024-09-15T04:36:02.938003 application/epub+zip 278365 2024-09-15T04:35:59.053971 application/epub+zip 116246 2024-09-15T04:35:58.035034 application/epub+zip 390901 2024-09-15T04:36:05.662954 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 368121 2024-09-15T04:36:01.922988 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 206837 2022-09-16T07:50:15.654754 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 144252 144026 2024-09-15T04:35:56.838985 2023-09-15T10:19:59.660303 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 144110 2021-01-07T12:38:59 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 56423 2021-01-07T12:38:59 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 144101 2021-01-07T12:38:59 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 56393 2021-01-07T12:38:59 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 20108 2024-09-15T04:36:05.802936 application/rdf+xml 11377 2024-09-15T04:35:58.387978 image/jpeg 2847 2024-09-15T04:35:58.210967 image/jpeg 273427 2024-09-15T04:35:57.320001 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