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| Genre/Form: | Exhibitions |
|---|---|
| Additional Physical Format: | Online version: Reed, Christopher Robert. All the world is here! Bloomington : Indiana University Press, c2000 (OCoLC)606248277 |
| Material Type: | Government publication, State or province government publication |
| Document Type: | Book |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
Christopher Robert Reed |
| ISBN: | 0253335663 9780253335661 0253215358 9780253215352 |
| OCLC Number: | 41361467 |
| Description: | xxx, 230 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. |
| Contents: | Part 1. Around the nation. Expectations. ; Participation and protest. ; Race, class, and gender. -- Part 2. In host city Chicago. The domain of work. ; The social order. -- Part. 3. At the fair. "They met at the fair": linkages. ; The scope of involvement. -- Part 4. "All the world is here!". Continental Africa at the fair : Dahomey Village. ; On the fairgrounds : The Haytian pavilion. ; Diasporan and Continental Africa meet : the congress on Africa. -- Appendix I : Frederick Douglass's speech at Colored American Day. -- Appendix II : Colored people's blue book. -- Appendix III : Commentaries from midway types. -- Appendix IV : "Judge" a poem by A.T. Worden. |
| Series Title: | Blacks in the diaspora. |
| Responsibility: | Christopher Robert Reed. |
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Abstract:
Looks at African and African American participation in the 1893 Columbian Exposition. This book examines why they came and the ways in which they participated in the Exposition. It presents their stories of pathos and joy, along with disappointment and hope.
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"An important re-examination of African American history, ... it introduces a large number of Afro American individuals of accomplishment little known today, this volume includes significant, ... illustrations to support the argument." --Choice Read more...
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- African Americans -- Illinois -- Chicago -- Exhibitions -- History -- 19th century.
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- African Americans -- Illinois -- Chicago -- Social conditions -- 19th century.
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- African diaspora.
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