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Following the Color Line

Name: Following the Color Line
Author: Ray Stannard Baker

Ray Stannard Baker

Read by Roger Melin · LibriVox · public domain · Archive.org recording · License

Chapters

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Preface (3:36)
A Race Riot and After - part 1 (32:11)
A Race Riot and After - part 2 (35:16)
Following the Colour Line in the South: A superficial View of Conditions - part 1 (22:57)
Following the Colour Line in the South: A superficial View of Conditions - part 2 (30:32)
The Southern City Negro - part 1 (34:02)
The Southern City Negro - part 2 (27:45)
In the Black Belt: The Negro Farmer - part 1 (31:55)
In the Black Belt: The Negro Farmer - part 2 (29:33)
Race Relationships in the South - part 1 (31:14)
Race Relationships in the South - part 2 (25:17)
Following the Colour Line in the North - part 1 (29:57)
Following the Colour Line in the North - part 2 (29:11)
The Negroes’ Struggle for Survival in Northern Cities - part 1 (31:18)
The Negroes’ Struggle for Survival in Northern Cities - part 2 (21:48)
The Mulatto: The Problem of Race Mixture - part 1 (32:19)
The Mulatto: The Problem of Race Mixture - part 2 (39:26)
Lynching, South and North - part 1 (1:03:33)
Lynching, South and North - part 2 (57:38)
An Ostracised Race in Ferment: The Conflict of Negro Parties and Negro Leaders over Methods of Dealing with Their Own Problem - part 1 (17:11)
An Ostracised Race in Ferment: The Conflict of Negro Parties and Negro Leaders over Methods of Dealing with Their Own Problem - part 2 (32:56)
The Negro in Politics - part 1 (31:22)
The Negro in Politics - part 2 (24:32)
The Black Man’s Silent Power - part 1 (30:32)
The Black Man’s Silent Power - part 2 (23:43)
The New Southern Statesmanship - part 1 (31:27)
The New Southern Statesmanship - part 2 (31:16)
What to Do About the Negro—A Few Conclusions - part 1 (26:56)
What to Do About the Negro—A Few Conclusions - part 2 (21:14)