The Treatment of The Negro-American in the Study and Teaching of United States History.
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First separate edition. Essay on the teaching of African American history by the former president of Wilberforce University and the founding president of Central State University, then serving as Executive Director of The Association for the Study of Negro Life and History (ASNLH).
Wesley emphasizes the profound importance of education. In part: “As Americans, let us present and make available the information and correct the falseness of the myths, destroy the stereotypes and uproot the negative traditional opinions about Negro-Americans. Let us develop experiences and contacts so that white majorities can overcome their fears, the prejudices and the insecurity associated with Negro-Americans in the past. Let us support the organizations which continue to advocate the teaching of the truth so that the treatment of history on the basis of the inferiority of color can be terminated in our time. Let us continue our insistence that history’s teaching about Negro-Americans shall be truthful and that it shall become a part of the history of the nation’s expressed goal of freedom and opportunity, although we may belong to different population groups…”
Wesley’s address was delivered in New York City in February 1964 to the local branch of the ASNLH and here separately published.
Description: The Treatment of The Negro-American in the Study and Teaching of United States History.
[Washington, D.C.: The Associated Publishers, Inc., (1964)]. Octavo. 16 pages. Printed blue wrappers. A Fine copy.
[3735758]Price: $45.00