Trailblazer: The Legacy of Bishop Henry M. Turner During the Civil War, Reconstruction, and Jim Crowism
When the Civil War began in 1861, the conflict evoked feelings of pride, patriotism, and hatred in both blacks and whites. As the war raged on, Reverend Henry McNeal Turner ministered to his brethren serving in the United States Colored Troops (USCT), segregated units of the Union Army. Although slavery ended in 1865 with the passage of the Thirteenth Amendment, Lincoln’s plans for Reconstruction died with his assassination. The Ku Klux Klan and ex–Confederates not only regained control of the South but also resisted the federal government’s early attempts at civil rights legislation by intimidating, murdering, and disenfranchising ex–slaves. In response to the brutality and the rise of Jim Crowism, Turner served as a beacon of hope for thousands of freedmen while respectively serving in state and local politics. Bishop Henry M. Turner’s story deserves more attention because he is an overlooked transitional figure in American history. This paper will examine Turner’s contributions to the A.M.E. Church, politics, and civil rights.
Double consciousness in nineteenth-century black nationalism : Reflections on the teachings of Bishop Henry McNeal Turner
Le nationalisme noir de l'eveque Henry McNeal Turner repose sur une double conscience. Pour Turner, l'esclavage desN oirs a ete voulu par Dieu. Mais, si Dieu l'a permis, c'est pour que les Africains disposent par la suite d'outils culturels qui serviraient a supprimer la nature paienne de la societe africaine. Chez Turner, il existe donc une tension entre les formes culturelles occidentales et le desir de maintenir une identite noire distincte. On trouve ce paradoxe race/culture de maniere explicite dans les ecrits de Turner ainsi que dans le corpus de litterature nationaliste noire
The Society of Individuals
Norbert Elias (1897-1990) Note on the text Preface Part I: The Society of Individuals (1939) Part II: Problems of self-consciousness and the image of man (1940s-1950s): Wishful and fearful self-images of humans as individuals and of society The thinking statues individualisation in the social process Part III: Changes in the we-I balance (1987) Appendix I: Rainer Maria Rilke, 'The Book of Pilgrimage' Appendix II: Two poems by Goethe Appendix III: Power struggles and the concepts of 'state' and 'society' Appendix IV: Migration and the conflict of generations Bibliography Index.