A Voice from the South / By a Black Woman of the South

Chapter 2: A VOICE FROM THE SOUTH.

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About This Book

The collection of essays and speeches argues that educated women are essential to the moral and social regeneration of their community, insisting on expanded educational opportunities and civic recognition. It examines the status of women in American life, contrasts cultural influences that shape gender roles, and connects gender justice to racial progress. The second section turns to race, assessing America’s racial problems, literary portrayals of Black people, questions of social and economic value, and the sustaining power of belief. Across rhetorical, philosophical, and pragmatic passages, the author advocates for the Black woman’s voice to be heard in national reform.

A VOICE FROM THE SOUTH.

“With regret
I forget
If the song be living yet,
Yet remember, vaguely now,
It was honest, anyhow.”

Bishop Benjamin William Arnett,

With profound regard for his heroic devotion to

God and the Race,

both in Church and in State,—and with sincere esteem for his unselfish espousal of the cause of the Black Woman and of every human interest that lacks a Voice and needs a Defender, this, the primary utterance of my heart and pen,

Is Affectionately Inscribed.