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The united negro: his problems and his progress
The united negro his problems and his progress Author:Irvine Garland Penn Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: A Compendium on Moral Questions for the Race Rev. E. C. Morris, D. D., President of the National Baptist Convention, Helena, Ark To be called upon to intro... more »duce to the reading public a book which might truly be termed a perfect compendium of the moral, social, educational and material progress of a race only thirty-nine years from slavery, is an honor of which anyone might justly feel proud. And the effort seems to become more important as we consider directly that we are facing another race of people distinguished for culture and learning and all that makes for the highest civilization, while the volume we present is the product of the Negro who but yesterday, so to speak, was at the lowest depths of superstition and ignorance. But having personal knowledge of the patience and philanthropy found in the more advanced race in this country; of the wonderful strides made by the freedmen to grasp the opportunities offered them; and of the unprecedented progress which the latter have made towards a higher and better citizenship, I most gladly accept the distinguished honor. The idea of having a Young People's Christian and Educational Congress originated with Mr. I. Garland Penn, a distinguished young Afro-American, who was born in the State of Virginia. When it came to his mind to have a convention which would represent the best thought and the broadest and most advanced ideas of the race, he at once set to work to impress others as he was impressed. The earnestness with which he advocated the matter made a leep impression upon the mind of the writer, who at once seconded the proposition and soon after found that such brilliant characters as Bishop W. J. Gaines, Rev. E. W. D. Isaac, D.D., Rev. J. W. E. Bowen, D.D., Rev. B. W. Arnett, B.D., Rev. Win. Alexander, D.D., Bishop R. ...« less