Introduction -- The emergence of a black leader during the age of Jim Crow and black racial uplift in North Carolina -- Change the man and the environments will be changed by man?: The creation of the National Religious Training Institution and Chautauqua for the Negro Race -- Creating an intellectual partnership while easing the white man's burden: James E. Shepard advancing the race through is intellectual partnerships -- Behind enemy lines with no beach head: James E. Shepard's relationship with the NAACP during the Jim Crow Era -- Are you for me or against me? The political life of James E. Shepard -- Don't crash the gate but stand on your own feet! Shepard and his legacy -- Epilogue: a legacy continued.
Summary:
James E. Shepard of North Carolina, like Booker T. Washington in Alabama, was one of the most influential African Americans in his state. This study is more than a biography of an influential African American, but an analytical study of a black leader during the age of Jim Crow in the South.
