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200 1. $a No future In this country $b Texte imprimé $e the prophetic pessimism of Bishop Henry McNeal Turner $f Andre E. Johnson
214 .0 $a Jackson (Miss.) $c University Press of Mississippi $d 2020
215 .. $a 1 vol. (VIII-204 p.) $d 24 cm
225 |. $a Race, rhetoric & media
300 .. $a Notes bibliogr. p. 177-197. Index
330 .. $a "No Future in This Country: The Prophetic Pessimism of Bishop Henry McNeal Turner
is a history of the career of Bishop Henry McNeal Turner (1834-1915), specifically
focusing on his work from 1896 to 1915. Drawing on the copious amount of material
from Turner's speeches, editorial, and open and private letters, Andre E. Johnson
tells a story of how Turner provided rhetorical leadership during a period in which
America defaulted on many of the rights and privileges gained for African Americans
during Reconstruction. Unlike many of his contemporaries during this period, Turner
did not opt to proclaim an optimistic view of race relations. Instead, Johnson argues
that Turner adopted a prophetic persona of a pessimistic prophet who not only spoke
truth to power but, in so doing, also challenged and pushed African Americans to believe
in themselves. At this time in his life, Turner had no confidence in American institutions
or that the American people would live up to the promises outlined in their sacred
documents. While he argued that emigration was the only way for African Americans
to retain their "personhood" status, he also would come to believe that African Americans
would never emigrate to Africa. He argued that many African Americans were so oppressed
and so stripped of agency because they were surrounded by continued negative assessments
of their personhood that belief in emigration was not possible. Turner's position
limited his rhetorical options, but by adopting a pessimistic prophetic voice that
bore witness to the atrocities African Americans faced, Turner found space for his
oratory, which reflected itself within the lament tradition of prophecy"
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