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yglesias.thinkprogress.org - 10/27/2009

Booker T. Washington and the Black Conservative Tradition

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Reading Steven Hahn on Booker T. Washington , I kept thinking that the effort to re-evaluate Washington’s career would benefit from the concept of a “black conservative” political tradition that Ta-Nehisi Coates deployed in his profile of Bill Cosby . To the Google I went ...

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tnr.com - 10/27/2009

The Race Man

— tnr.com — Up from History: The Life of Booker T. Washington By Robert J. Norrell (Harvard University Press, 508... pp., $35)   I. Once the most famous and influential African American in the United States (and probably the world), Booker T. ... (more) The Race Man

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reason.com - 10/27/2009

The Black Conservative Tradition

— reason.com — In the latest New Republic , historian Steven Hahn has a long and very interesting review of... the recent Booker T. Washington biography Up from History . As Hahn discusses, Washington famously championed economic advancement and education  ... (more) The Black Conservative Tradition

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The Black Conservative Tradition
Hit & Run — ... After reading Hahn’s review, liberal blogger Matthew Yglesias was apparently struck by the need for “the concept of a ‘black conservative’ political tradition” in order to best understand Washington’s life and accomplishments. Thankfully, a little Googling revealed that a black conservative tradition does exist, though Yglesias might have searched a little further before typing this: ...

The Black Conservative Tradition
Booker Rising — ... ' speech of 1895. After reading Hahn’s review, liberal blogger Matthew Yglesias was apparently struck by the need for 'the concept of a ‘black conservative’ political tradition' in order to best understand Washington’s life and accomplishments. Thankfully, a little Googling revealed that a black conservative tradition does exist, though Yglesias might have searched a little further before typing this: ...