Clashing of the Soul

Clashing of the Soul

By LeRoy Davis

John Hope (1868-1936), the first African American president of Morehouse College and Atlanta University, was one of the most distinguished in the pantheon of early-twentieth-century black educators. The story of Hope's life illuminates many complexities that vexed African American leaders in a free but segregated society.

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Book Information

Publisher: University of Georgia Press
Publish Date: 08/01/2019
Pages: 488
ISBN-13: 9780820357041
ISBN-10: 0820357049
Language: English

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In this definitive biography, historian Leroy Davis examines the conflict inherent in John Hope's attempt to balance his joint roles as college president and national leader. The story of Hope's life illuminates many complexities that vexed African American leaders in a free but segregated society and created what Mordecai Johnson, Howard University's first African American president, called a "clashing of the soul."

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LEROY DAVIS is a professor of history at Emory University. He is the coeditor of The African Experience in Community Development: The Continuing Struggle in Africa and the Americas.

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