The 1893 World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago showed the world that America had come of age. Dreaming that they could participate fully as citizens, African Americans flocked to the fair by the thousands. ""All the World Is Here!"" examines why they came and the ways in which they took part in the Exposition. Their expectations varied. Well-educated, highly assimilated African Americans sought not just representation but also membership at the highest level of decision making and planning. They wanted to participate fully in all intellectual and cultural events. Instead, they were given only token roles and used as window dressing. Their stories of pathos and joy, disappointment and hope, are part of the lost history of ""White City."" Frederick Douglass, who embodied the dream that inclusion within the American mainstream was possible, would never forget America's World's Fair snub.
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About the Author:
Christopher Robert Reed is Seymour N. Logan Professor of History and North American Studies, and Director of the St. Clair Drake Center for African and African American Studies at Roosevelt University.
Review:
"An important re-examination of African American history, ... it introduces a large number of Afro American individuals of accomplishment little known today, this volume includes significant, ... illustrations to support the argument." --Choice
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- PublisherIndiana University Press
- Publication date1999
- ISBN 10 0253335663
- ISBN 13 9780253335661
- BindingLibrary Binding
- Number of pages264