message of cheer and
reassurance. A sign, couched in flaming characters for all men to see,
appealing to the spiritualized divination of the age, proclaiming that
God is NOT DEAD! That a NEW day is dawning; HAS dawned for the Negro in
America. A NEW liberty; broader and BETTER. A NEW Justice, unshaded by
the spectre of: "Previous condition!" That the unpaid toil of thirty
decades of African slavery in America is at last to be liquidated. That
the dead of our people, upon behalf of this land that it might have a
BIRTH, and having it might not PERISH FROM THE EARTH, did not die in
vain. That, in their passage from earth, heroes--MARTYRS--in a
superlative sense they were seen and marked of the Father; were accorded
a place of record in the pages of the great WHITE BOOK with golden
seals, in the up worlds; above the stars and beyond the flaming suns.

IT IS A HISTORY--

That will be read with instruction and benefit by thousands of whites,
but, and mark well this suggestion, it is one that should be OWNED AND
READ BY EVERY NEGRO IN THE LAND.

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TYPOGRAPHICALLY--

Mechanically; that is to say, in those features that reflect the
finished artistic achievement of the Print, Picture and Binding art; as
seen in the bold clear type of its text, its striking and beautiful
illustrations, its illuminating title heads of division and chapter;
indicating at a glance the information to follow; the whole appealing to
the aesthetic; the sticklers for the rare and beautiful; not overlooking
its superb binding, it is most pleasing to the sight, and worthy of the
title it bears.

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HISTORY OF THE AMERICAN NEGRO IN THE GREAT WORLD WAR

CHAPTER I.

SPIRITUAL EMANCIPATION OF NATIONS.

THE MARCH OF CIVILIZATION--WORLD SHOCKS TO STIR THE WORLD HEART--FALSE
DOCTRINES OF THE HUN--THE IRON HAND CONCEALED--THE WOBLD BEGINS TO
AWAKEN--GERMAN DESIGNS REVEALED--RUMBLINGS IN ADVANCE OF THE
STORM--TRAGEDY THAT HASTENED THE DAY--TOLSTOY'S PROPHECY--VINDICATION OF
NEGRO FAITH IN PROMISES OF THE LORD--DAWN OF FREEDOM FOR ALL RACES.

The march of civilization is attended by strange influences. Providence
which directs the advancement of mankind, moves in such mysterious ways
that none can sense its design or reason out its import. Frequently the
forces of evil are turned to account in defeating their own objects.
Great tragedies, cruel wars, cataclysms of woe, have acted as