An edition of Smash The Chains
(1946)
Smash The Chains
by Louis E. Burnham
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Examples of segregation in the southern United States, followed by the history of Black people ("Negroes" in the text) in the United States, then analysis of the beneficiaries and losers in this system, and a call to change it. Includes an excerpt of Orson Welles interviewing the bereaved parents of a Black war hero.
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First Sentence
"A veteran of World War II, aged 24, clean-cut, walks into the office of the Jefferson County board of registrars."
Table of Contents
A Note About the Author. 2
Birmingham, Alabama, January 1946. 3
Fairfield, Alabama, February 1946. 4
A Veteran Writes a Letter. 5
Listen To Their Thoughts. 7
We Were Combat Joes. 9
How Did It Begin?. 11
Slavery — Enemy of Progress. 13
The Seeds of Democracy. 15
They Have Wasted the South. 16
The Unholy Alliance. 17
They Loved this Land. 20
If We Had Our "Ruthers". 22
The Southern Negro Youth Conference. 24
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| August 10, 2021 | Edited by LarryKoen | Removed "Jr." from James E. Jackson. Husband of Esther Cooper, later Esther Cooper Jackson. |
| August 10, 2021 | Edited by LarryKoen | Reversed positions in Links of full text & Wikipedia article; full text link is 1-up instead of less legible 2-up. |
| August 10, 2021 | Edited by LarryKoen | Full text at Internet Archive |
| August 9, 2021 | Edited by LarryKoen | Added Smash The Chains by Louis E. Burnham |
| August 9, 2021 | Created by LarryKoen | Added new book. |