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[Mishawaka, IN, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 1986]

ISBN10: 080784148X, ISBN13: 9780807841488, [publisher: University of North Carolina Press] Softcover Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.
[Mishawaka, IN, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 1986]

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Paperback. New. Frederick Douglass was unquestionably the foremost black American of the nineteenth century. The extraordinary life of this former slave turned abolitionist orator, newspaper editor, social reformer, race leader, and Republican party advocate has inspired many biographies over the years. This, however, is the first full-scale study of the origins, contours, development, and significance of Douglass's thought. Brilliant and to a large degree self-taught, Douglass personified intellectual activism; he possessed a sincere concern for the uses and consequences of ideas. Both his people's struggle for liberation and his individual experiences, which he envisioned as symbolizing that struggle, provided the basis and structure for his intellectual maturation. As a representative American, he internalized and, thus, reflected major currents in the contemporary American mind. As a representative Afro-American, he revealed in his thinking the deep-seated influence of race on Euro-American, Afro-American, or, broadly conceived, American consciousness. He sought to resolve in his thinking the dynamic tension between his identities as a black and as an American. Martin assesses not only how Douglass dealt with this enduring conflict, but also the extent of his success. An inveterate belief in a universal and egalitarian humanism unified Douglass's thought. This grand organizing principle reflected his intellectual roots in the three major traditions of ...

University of North Carolina Press 1986 Revised ed. Softcover Like New Size: 6x0x9; Frederick Douglass was unquestionably the foremost Black American in the nineteenth century. The extraordinary life of this former slave turned abolitionist orator, newspaper editor, social reformer, race leader, and Republican party advocate has inspired many biographies. The first full-scale study of the origins, contours, development, and significant of Douglass's thought. Inscribed "To Conner, An American Experience Black & White alike..."Working together Works" Make America Better Don King". In this case, Don King is the famous boxing promoter who was involved with some of the greatest fights of all time. King's career highlights include, among multiple other enterprises, promoting The Rumble in the Jungle and the Thrilla in Manila. King has promoted some of the most prominent names in boxing, including Muhammad Ali, Joe Frazier, George Foreman, Larry Holmes, Tomasz Adamek, Roberto Duran, Mike Tyson, Evander Holyfield, and others. He is a member of the International Boxing Hall of Fame and the Gaming Hall of Fame.