Selling Black History for Carter G. Woodson

Download or read book Selling Black History for Carter G. Woodson written by Lorenzo Johnston Greene and published by University of Missouri Press. This book was released on 1996-10 with total page 442 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From 1930 until 1933, when Greene began teaching at Lincoln University in Jefferson City, Missouri, Selling Black History for Carter G. Woodson provides a unique firsthand account of conditions in African American communities during the Great Depression. Greene describes in the diary, often in lyrical terms, the places and people he visited. He provides poignant descriptions of what was happening to black professional and business people, plus working-class people, along with details of high school facilities, churches, black business enterprises, housing, and general conditions in communities. Greene also gives revealing accounts of how the black colleges were faring in 1930.