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Gideon Bands for work within the race and for work without the race / a message to the colored people of the United States

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The speaker uses the biblical Gideon narrative to urge formation of a small, committed body of leaders and workers dedicated to communal reform. He frames present hardships as partly the result of collective failings, calls for moral self-examination, and emphasizes courage, sacrifice, and disciplined organization. The discourse moves from scriptural interpretation to concrete counsel, advocating spiritual fidelity, personal nobility, and coordinated civic and social effort both within the community and toward broader society. Overall it blends exegesis and exhortation into a programmatic appeal for principled, focused activism.

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Title: Gideon Bands for work within the race and for work without the race

Author: Francis J. Grimké

Release date: August 10, 2015 [eBook #49664]
Most recently updated: October 24, 2024

Language: English

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