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Author:

Robinson, Edward J., 1967-

Title:

To save my race from abuse : the life of Samuel Robert Cassius / Edward J. Robinson.

Publisher:

University of Alabama Press,

Copyright Date:

c2007

Description:

xii, 212 p. : ill., ports. ; 24 cm.

Subject:

Cassius, Samuel Robert,--1853-1931
African American evangelists--Biography.
Restoration movement (Christianity)--History.
Racism--History.--Christianity--History.
Race relations--History.--Christianity--History.
African Americans--Religion.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. [201]-208) and index.

Contents:

"I am what I am" : the formative years -- The three emancipators : encounters in the nation's Capital -- The molding of a mind : personal influences and literary sources -- "Do you believe the Bible?" : Samuel Robert Cassius's use of Scripture -- "The whole thing is a pious fraud" : Samuel Robert Cassius and the missionary society controversy -- "No race suicide on this ranch" : race, family, and finances -- "The Booker T. Washington of Oklahoma" : Samuel Robert Cassius and the Tohee Industrial School -- "Tried in the fire" : life in Black Oklahoma -- Mind poisoning : the racial thought of Samuel Robert Cassius -- The setting of a "sun" : the legacy of Samuel Robert Cassius.

Series:

Religion and American culture

ISBN:

0817315551 (cloth : alk. paper)
9780817315559 (cloth : alk. paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)70864404

LCCN:

2006024303

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)