ISBN: 1235968871

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[SR: 6196455], Paperback, [EAN: 9781235968877], RareBooksClub.com, RareBooksClub.com, Book, [PU: RareBooksClub.com], RareBooksClub.com, This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1913 Excerpt: ...I visited the capitol of Mississippi and there met the late Senator George, who was then senator-elect, with the governor of the State and a number of other prominent officials. I was equally surprised and gratified to hear from them that ex-Senator Revells was doing a great work in Mississippi as president of a college for colored students, and that he was very highly respected and his work was so well appreciated that the State of Jefferson Davis, who was then living, contributed annually and liberally to maintain the institution. Revells was later one of the guests at the dedication of the Providence Depot in Boston and delivered an address. Of our political leaders, evolved in reconstruction days, Wright Cuney of Texas and Governor P. S. Pinchback of Louisiana leaped into prominence through their ability to marshal and mass political forces and lead white and black alike. Tall, slender and light in complexion, brave, fearless, resourceful and magnetic, Cuney was for many years the dominant factor in Texas politics. Even when the Negro had lost his political grip in other sections of the South, Cuney kept his hands upon the throttle valve, and up to the time of his death, in the spring of 1898, was a power to be reckoned with. In the period of the Negro's ascendency in Louisiana, Pinchback was absolute lord and monarch. No reconstruction leader, colored or white, was as completely the master of his situation as Pinchback was of Louisiana. And Louisiana's history during that period could not be told without bringing in the name of Pinchback again. With a shrewd, gentle, kind and determined face, he looked like Andrew Carnegie. He manifested such genius in his leadership of white and black, such dash and brilliancy and personal bravery, that he might well ..., 4762, Africa, 4763, Algeria, 4997, Egypt, 4773, Ethiopia, 4781, Kenya, 4793, Nigeria, 4798, South Africa, 4799, Sudan, 4807, Zimbabwe, 9, History, 1000, Subjects, 283155, Books, 5035, World, 15812171, Civilization & Culture, 3825131, Expeditions & Discoveries, 4992, Jewish, 6343224011, Religious, 16244141, Slavery & Emancipation, 15812211, Women in History, 9, History, 1000, Subjects, 283155, Books, 11300, African-American Studies, 11298, Specific Demographics, 11232, Social Sciences, 3377866011, Politics & Social Sciences, 1000, Subjects, 283155, Books<

ISBN: 1235968871

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