Nothing Special to Offer the Negro”
Revisiting the “‘Debsian View’ of the Negro Question”
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 11212927 |
|---|---|
| Authors | William P Jones (0000-0001-9295-866X, University of Wisconsin–Madison, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2008 |
| Volume | 74 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 212-224 |
| Publication date | 2008-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | International Labor and Working-Class History (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0147-5479 • E-ISSN: 1471-6445 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s0147547908000252 |
| OpenAlex | W2122432225 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 6 |
| References cited | 43 |
Since the early twentieth century Eugene V. Debs and his essay “The Negro in the Class Struggle” have been cited repeatedly as examples of an alleged indifference among white radicals to African Americans and the historical significance of racism in the United States. A close reading of the essay reveals just the opposite. Not only did Debs support African Americans' struggle for equality, he believed that it was critical to the realization of America's democratic promise. That position alienated him from other white Socialists, but it won the admiration of African American radicals including W.E.B. Du Bois and A. Philip Randolph. This essay examines how Debs's essay came to be interpreted as a capitulation to racism and, over time, alleged indifference to African Americans and the significance of racism in the history of the United States
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W. E. B. Du Bois
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Hammer and Hoe
W.E B. Du Bois and American Political Thought
The American Socialist Movement 1897–1912
Black Is a Country
White Scourge
Radical Representations
Black Is a Country
No “Graver Danger”
The American Socialist Movement, 1897-1912
Interracial Unionism, Gender, and "Social Equality" in the Alabama Coalfields, 1878-1908
American Socialism and Black Americans
A. Philip Randolph, Pioneer of the Civil Rights Movement
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The Wages of Whiteness
Grass-Roots Socialism
The Long Civil Rights Movement and the Political Uses of the Past
Highlander
A. Philip Randolph
Race and Reunion
Philip S. Foner, American Socialism and Black Americans
Radical representations
We Are Not What We Seem
Southern History across the Color Line
Speak Now Against the Day
Writings and Speeches of Eugene V. Debs
Highlander
Manliness and Civilization
| Unique citing works | 6 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,4 |
| Citation span | 2011 - 2026 (16) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 6 |