A collection of essays and editorials from the World War I era that traces the rise of a new race-consciousness among Black Americans, arguing that wartime appeals to democracy exposed racial hypocrisies and spurred renewed political and cultural claims. The author recounts organizing efforts such as the Liberty League, critiques party politics and leadership, and examines labor, lynching, and the Negro’s role in war and peace debates. He broadens the scope to international solidarity among colonized and nonwhite peoples, urges economic self-help and educational uplift, and reviews contemporary books on race and civilization. An epilogue directly contests imperialist arguments and challenges notions of white world supremacy.