# Twentieth Century Negro Literature or A Cyclopedia of Thought on the Vital Topics Relating to the American Negro

An audiobook by Daniel Wallace Culp, read by LibriVox volunteers (8 h 6 min, English).

The object of this book is... (1) To enlighten the uninformed white people on the intellectual ability of the Negro. (2) To give to those, who are interested in the Negro race, a better idea of the extent to which he contributed to the promotion of America's civilization, and of the intellectual attainments made by him in the nineteenth century. (3) To reflect the views of the most scholarly and prominent Negroes of America on those topics, touching the Negro, that are now engaging the attention of the civilized world. (4) To point out, to the aspiring Negro youth, those men and women of their own race who, by their scholarship, by their integrity of character, and by their earnest efforts in the work of uplifting their own race, have made themselves illustrious; also, to enlighten such youth on those ethical, political, and sociological questions, touching the Negro that will sooner or later engage their attention. (5) To enlighten the Negroes on that perplexing problem, commonly called the "Race Problem," that has necessarily grown out of their contact with their ex-masters and their descendants; and also to stimulate them to make greater efforts to ascend to that plane of…

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## Chapters

1. Dedication, Preface, Introduction (17:31): https://archive.org/download/negroliterature_1908_librivox/negroliterature_001_culp_64kb.mp3
2. Topic 1, First Paper, by Mary B. Talbert (15:36): https://archive.org/download/negroliterature_1908_librivox/negroliterature_002_culp_64kb.mp3
3. Topic 1, Second Paper, by Josephine Silone Yates (31:22): https://archive.org/download/negroliterature_1908_librivox/negroliterature_003_culp_64kb.mp3
4. Topic 1, Third Paper, by Rev. J. W. E. Bowen (22:28): https://archive.org/download/negroliterature_1908_librivox/negroliterature_004_culp_64kb.mp3
5. Topic 1, Fourth Paper, by Rev. M. C. B. Mason (21:20): https://archive.org/download/negroliterature_1908_librivox/negroliterature_005_culp_64kb.mp3
6. Topic 1, Fifth Paper, by Rev. D. Webster Davis (19:28): https://archive.org/download/negroliterature_1908_librivox/negroliterature_006_culp_64kb.mp3
7. Topic 2, First Paper, by Bishop H. M. Turner (15:23): https://archive.org/download/negroliterature_1908_librivox/negroliterature_007_culp_64kb.mp3
8. Topic 2, Second Paper, by Bishop L. H. Holsey (10:53): https://archive.org/download/negroliterature_1908_librivox/negroliterature_008_culp_64kb.mp3
9. Topic 2, Third Paper, by R. S. Lovinggood (13:00): https://archive.org/download/negroliterature_1908_librivox/negroliterature_009_culp_64kb.mp3
10. Topic 2, Fourth Paper, by Bishop J. W. Hood (23:38): https://archive.org/download/negroliterature_1908_librivox/negroliterature_010_culp_64kb.mp3
11. Topic 3, First Paper, by Hon. H. P. Cheatham (21:05): https://archive.org/download/negroliterature_1908_librivox/negroliterature_011_culp_64kb.mp3
12. Topic 3, Second Paper, by Rev. W. D. Chappelle (27:05): https://archive.org/download/negroliterature_1908_librivox/negroliterature_012_culp_64kb.mp3
13. Topic 3, Third Paper, by Rev. S. N. Brown (21:24): https://archive.org/download/negroliterature_1908_librivox/negroliterature_013_culp_64kb.mp3
14. Topic 4, First Paper, by James W. Johnson (14:01): https://archive.org/download/negroliterature_1908_librivox/negroliterature_014_culp_64kb.mp3
15. Topic 4, Second Paper, by Prof. James Storum (26:51): https://archive.org/download/negroliterature_1908_librivox/negroliterature_015_culp_64kb.mp3
16. Topic 4, Third Paper, by Rev. S. G. Atkins (21:34): https://archive.org/download/negroliterature_1908_librivox/negroliterature_016_culp_64kb.mp3
17. Topic 4, Fourth Paper, by Prof. J. H. Jones (27:36): https://archive.org/download/negroliterature_1908_librivox/negroliterature_017_culp_64kb.mp3
18. Topic 5, by John P. Green (11:43): https://archive.org/download/negroliterature_1908_librivox/negroliterature_018_culp_64kb.mp3
19. Topic 6, First Paper, by Attorney R. S. Smith (54:14): https://archive.org/download/negroliterature_1908_librivox/negroliterature_019_culp_64kb.mp3
20. Topic 6, Second Paper, by Attorney I. L. Purcell (18:32): https://archive.org/download/negroliterature_1908_librivox/negroliterature_020_culp_64kb.mp3
21. Topic 6, Third Paper, by George T. Robinson (13:36): https://archive.org/download/negroliterature_1908_librivox/negroliterature_021_culp_64kb.mp3
22. Topic 6, Fourth Paper, by Attorney J. Thomas Hewin (15:47): https://archive.org/download/negroliterature_1908_librivox/negroliterature_022_culp_64kb.mp3
23. Topic 7, First Paper, by Bishop George Wylie Clinton (24:06): https://archive.org/download/negroliterature_1908_librivox/negroliterature_023_culp_64kb.mp3
24. Topic 7, Second Paper, by Rev. J. B. L. Williams (9:33): https://archive.org/download/negroliterature_1908_librivox/negroliterature_024_culp_64kb.mp3
25. Topic 7, Third Paper, by Rev. R. P. Wyche (8:46): https://archive.org/download/negroliterature_1908_librivox/negroliterature_025_culp_64kb.mp3
26. Topic 7, Fourth Paper, by Rev. I. D. Davis (8:22): https://archive.org/download/negroliterature_1908_librivox/negroliterature_026_culp_64kb.mp3
27. Topic 8, First Paper, by Prof. N. B. Young (14:08): https://archive.org/download/negroliterature_1908_librivox/negroliterature_027_culp_64kb.mp3
28. Topic 8, Second Paper, by Prof. D. J. Jordan (17:24): https://archive.org/download/negroliterature_1908_librivox/negroliterature_028_culp_64kb.mp3
29. Topic 8, Third Paper, by George A. Goodwin (29:17): https://archive.org/download/negroliterature_1908_librivox/negroliterature_029_culp_64kb.mp3
30. Topic 8, Fourth Paper, by Mrs. Paul L. Dunbar (9:36): https://archive.org/download/negroliterature_1908_librivox/negroliterature_030_culp_64kb.mp3
31. Topic 9, First Paper, by Booker T. Washington (39:32): https://archive.org/download/negroliterature_1908_librivox/negroliterature_031_culp_64kb.mp3
32. Topic 9, Second Paper, by Prof. J. R. Hawkins (18:36): https://archive.org/download/negroliterature_1908_librivox/negroliterature_032_culp_64kb.mp3
33. Topic 9, Third Paper, by Prof. Kelley Miller (12:57): https://archive.org/download/negroliterature_1908_librivox/negroliterature_033_culp_64kb.mp3
34. Topic 9, Fourth Paper, by C. H. Turner (18:00): https://archive.org/download/negroliterature_1908_librivox/negroliterature_034_culp_64kb.mp3
35. Topic 10, First Paper, by Mrs. R. D. Sprague (23:10): https://archive.org/download/negroliterature_1908_librivox/negroliterature_035_culp_64kb.mp3
36. Topic 10, Second Paper, by Mrs. Mary Church Terrell (25:09): https://archive.org/download/negroliterature_1908_librivox/negroliterature_036_culp_64kb.mp3
37. Topic 10, Third Paper, by Mrs. Rosa D. Bowser (22:06): https://archive.org/download/negroliterature_1908_librivox/negroliterature_037_culp_64kb.mp3
38. Topic 10, Fourth Paper, by Mrs. C. C. Pettey (12:35): https://archive.org/download/negroliterature_1908_librivox/negroliterature_038_culp_64kb.mp3
39. Topic 11, First Paper, by Rev. H. T. Johnson (19:57): https://archive.org/download/negroliterature_1908_librivox/negroliterature_039_culp_64kb.mp3
40. Topic 11, Second Paper, by Prof. J. W. Gilbert (18:01): https://archive.org/download/negroliterature_1908_librivox/negroliterature_040_culp_64kb.mp3
41. Topic 11, Third Paper, by J. R. Porter (18:34): https://archive.org/download/negroliterature_1908_librivox/negroliterature_041_culp_64kb.mp3
42. Topic 12, First Paper, by Mrs. Warren Logan (14:09): https://archive.org/download/negroliterature_1908_librivox/negroliterature_042_culp_64kb.mp3
43. Topic 12, Second Paper, by Hon. H. A. Rucker (14:05): https://archive.org/download/negroliterature_1908_librivox/negroliterature_043_culp_64kb.mp3
44. Topic 12, Third Paper, by Dr. John R. Francis (21:21): https://archive.org/download/negroliterature_1908_librivox/negroliterature_044_culp_64kb.mp3
45. Topic 12, Fourth Paper, by James Randall Wilder (20:33): https://archive.org/download/negroliterature_1908_librivox/negroliterature_045_culp_64kb.mp3
46. Topic 12, Fifth Paper, by Dr. R. F. Boyd (20:37): https://archive.org/download/negroliterature_1908_librivox/negroliterature_046_culp_64kb.mp3
47. Topic 12, Sixth Paper, by Henry R. Butler (15:35): https://archive.org/download/negroliterature_1908_librivox/negroliterature_047_culp_64kb.mp3
48. Topic 13, First Paper, by Hon. George H. White (20:19): https://archive.org/download/negroliterature_1908_librivox/negroliterature_048_culp_64kb.mp3
49. Topic 13, Second Paper, by T. T. Fortune (14:54): https://archive.org/download/negroliterature_1908_librivox/negroliterature_049_culp_64kb.mp3
50. Topic 13, Third Paper, by Hon. George W. Murray (14:31): https://archive.org/download/negroliterature_1908_librivox/negroliterature_050_culp_64kb.mp3
51. Topic 14, First Paper, by Prof. B. H. Peterson (26:22): https://archive.org/download/negroliterature_1908_librivox/negroliterature_051_culp_64kb.mp3
52. Topic 14, Second Paper, by Prof. A. U. Frierson (22:55): https://archive.org/download/negroliterature_1908_librivox/negroliterature_052_culp_64kb.mp3
53. Topic 14, Third Paper, by Mrs. M. E. C. Smith (33:17): https://archive.org/download/negroliterature_1908_librivox/negroliterature_053_culp_64kb.mp3
54. Topic 15, First Paper, by Edward MacKnight Brawley (18:07): https://archive.org/download/negroliterature_1908_librivox/negroliterature_054_culp_64kb.mp3
55. Topic 15, Second Paper, by Rev. J. S. Flipper (16:57): https://archive.org/download/negroliterature_1908_librivox/negroliterature_055_culp_64kb.mp3
56. Topic 15, Third Paper, by Rev. E. C. Morris (26:01): https://archive.org/download/negroliterature_1908_librivox/negroliterature_056_culp_64kb.mp3
57. Topic 15, Fourth Paper, by Mrs. Ariel S. Bowen (23:51): https://archive.org/download/negroliterature_1908_librivox/negroliterature_057_culp_64kb.mp3
58. Topic 16, First Paper, by Rev. J. Q. Johnson (9:30): https://archive.org/download/negroliterature_1908_librivox/negroliterature_058_culp_64kb.mp3
59. Topic 16, Second Paper, by Walter I. Lewis (14:36): https://archive.org/download/negroliterature_1908_librivox/negroliterature_059_culp_64kb.mp3
60. Topic 16, Third Paper, by G. M. McClellan (43:31): https://archive.org/download/negroliterature_1908_librivox/negroliterature_060_culp_64kb.mp3
61. Topic 17, by M. W. Gilbert (18:21): https://archive.org/download/negroliterature_1908_librivox/negroliterature_061_culp_64kb.mp3
62. Topic 18, First Paper, by John W. Cromwell (20:48): https://archive.org/download/negroliterature_1908_librivox/negroliterature_062_culp_64kb.mp3
63. Topic 18, Second Paper, by Rev. J. M Cox (13:25): https://archive.org/download/negroliterature_1908_librivox/negroliterature_063_culp_64kb.mp3
64. Topic 19, First Paper, by N. W. Harllee (13:11): https://archive.org/download/negroliterature_1908_librivox/negroliterature_064_culp_64kb.mp3
65. Topic 19, Second Paper, by Prof. R. G. Robinson (12:40): https://archive.org/download/negroliterature_1908_librivox/negroliterature_065_culp_64kb.mp3
66. Topic 19, Third Paper, by Miss Lena T. Jackson (13:48): https://archive.org/download/negroliterature_1908_librivox/negroliterature_066_culp_64kb.mp3
67. Topic 20, First Paper, by Rev. William E. Partee (12:55): https://archive.org/download/negroliterature_1908_librivox/negroliterature_067_culp_64kb.mp3
68. Topic 20, Second Paper, by Rev. L. B. Ellerson (10:11): https://archive.org/download/negroliterature_1908_librivox/negroliterature_068_culp_64kb.mp3
69. Topic 20, Third Paper, by Rev. Walter H. Brooks (9:55): https://archive.org/download/negroliterature_1908_librivox/negroliterature_069_culp_64kb.mp3
70. Topic 20, Fourth Paper, by Rev. H. H. Proctor (9:38): https://archive.org/download/negroliterature_1908_librivox/negroliterature_070_culp_64kb.mp3
71. Topic 20, Fifth Paper, by Rev. S. Kerr (11:42): https://archive.org/download/negroliterature_1908_librivox/negroliterature_071_culp_64kb.mp3
72. Topic 21, First Paper, by Rev. J. H. Anderson (9:28): https://archive.org/download/negroliterature_1908_librivox/negroliterature_072_culp_64kb.mp3
73. Topic 21, Second Paper, by Prof. W. H. Councill (18:26): https://archive.org/download/negroliterature_1908_librivox/negroliterature_073_culp_64kb.mp3
74. Topic 22, First Paper, by Prof. A. St. George Richardson (21:05): https://archive.org/download/negroliterature_1908_librivox/negroliterature_074_culp_64kb.mp3
75. Topic 22, Second Paper, by Prof. E. L. Blackshear (19:46): https://archive.org/download/negroliterature_1908_librivox/negroliterature_075_culp_64kb.mp3
76. Topic 22, Third Paper, by T. W. Talley (18:11): https://archive.org/download/negroliterature_1908_librivox/negroliterature_076_culp_64kb.mp3
77. Topic 22, Fourth Paper, by Prof. H. L. Walker (24:36): https://archive.org/download/negroliterature_1908_librivox/negroliterature_077_culp_64kb.mp3
78. Topic 23, First Paper, by Dr. D. W. Onley (8:41): https://archive.org/download/negroliterature_1908_librivox/negroliterature_078_culp_64kb.mp3
79. Topic 23, Second Paper, by Walter N. Wallace (8:14): https://archive.org/download/negroliterature_1908_librivox/negroliterature_079_culp_64kb.mp3
80. Topic 23, Third Paper, by Richard W. Thompson (17:15): https://archive.org/download/negroliterature_1908_librivox/negroliterature_080_culp_64kb.mp3
81. Topic 24, First Paper, by Rev. George F. Bragg, Jr. (12:02): https://archive.org/download/negroliterature_1908_librivox/negroliterature_081_culp_64kb.mp3
82. Topic 24, Second Paper, by Rev. John W. Whittaker (14:55): https://archive.org/download/negroliterature_1908_librivox/negroliterature_082_culp_64kb.mp3
83. Topic 24, Third Paper, by Rev. O. M. Waller (20:09): https://archive.org/download/negroliterature_1908_librivox/negroliterature_083_culp_64kb.mp3
84. Topic 25, First Paper, by T. W. Jones (29:20): https://archive.org/download/negroliterature_1908_librivox/negroliterature_084_culp_64kb.mp3
85. Topic 25, Second Paper, by Andrew F. Hilyer (32:56): https://archive.org/download/negroliterature_1908_librivox/negroliterature_085_culp_64kb.mp3
86. Topic 25, Third Paper, by Rev. J. H. Morgan (23:47): https://archive.org/download/negroliterature_1908_librivox/negroliterature_086_culp_64kb.mp3
87. Topic 26, First Paper, by Prof. George W. Carver (33:21): https://archive.org/download/negroliterature_1908_librivox/negroliterature_087_culp_64kb.mp3
88. Topic 26, Second Paper, by H. A. Hunt (23:10): https://archive.org/download/negroliterature_1908_librivox/negroliterature_088_culp_64kb.mp3
89. Topic 27, by H. E. Baker (46:48): https://archive.org/download/negroliterature_1908_librivox/negroliterature_089_culp_64kb.mp3
90. Topic 28, by Prof. W. S. Scarborough (18:44): https://archive.org/download/negroliterature_1908_librivox/negroliterature_090_culp_64kb.mp3
91. Topic 29, by T. de S. Tucker (40:34): https://archive.org/download/negroliterature_1908_librivox/negroliterature_091_culp_64kb.mp3
92. Topic 30, by Rev. F. J. Grimke (17:14): https://archive.org/download/negroliterature_1908_librivox/negroliterature_092_culp_64kb.mp3
93. Topic 31, by John Henry Smyth (32:00): https://archive.org/download/negroliterature_1908_librivox/negroliterature_093_culp_64kb.mp3
94. Topic 32, by William H. Heard (8:06): https://archive.org/download/negroliterature_1908_librivox/negroliterature_094_culp_64kb.mp3
95. Topic 33, by Mrs. Lena Mason (4:17): https://archive.org/download/negroliterature_1908_librivox/negroliterature_095_culp_64kb.mp3
96. Topic 34, by Mrs. Lena Mason (2:40): https://archive.org/download/negroliterature_1908_librivox/negroliterature_096_culp_64kb.mp3
97. Topic 35, by Prof. Joseph D. Bibb (14:24): https://archive.org/download/negroliterature_1908_librivox/negroliterature_097_culp_64kb.mp3
98. Topic 36, by George L. Knox (27:06): https://archive.org/download/negroliterature_1908_librivox/negroliterature_098_culp_64kb.mp3
99. Topic 37, by E. E. Cooper (11:33): https://archive.org/download/negroliterature_1908_librivox/negroliterature_099_culp_64kb.mp3
100. Topic 38, by W. R. Pettiford (15:46): https://archive.org/download/negroliterature_1908_librivox/negroliterature_100_culp_64kb.mp3