LEADER 03469nam 2200661 a 450 001 9910451474603321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a0-8173-8148-1 035 $a(CKB)1000000000483502 035 $a(EBL)438219 035 $a(OCoLC)209191780 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000259806 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11218489 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000259806 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10191271 035 $a(PQKB)11368230 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC438219 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse8701 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL438219 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10218365 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000483502 100 $a20060724d2007 ub 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aTo save my race from abuse$b[electronic resource] $ethe life of Samuel Robert Cassius /$fEdward J. Robinson 210 $aTuscaloosa $cUniversity of Alabama Press$dc2007 215 $a1 online resource (226 p.) 225 1 $aReligion and American culture 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-8173-1555-1 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [201]-208) and index. 327 $a"I am what I am" : the formative years -- The three emancipators : encounters in the nation's Capital -- The molding of a mind : personal influences and literary sources -- "Do you believe the Bible?" : Samuel Robert Cassius's use of Scripture -- "The whole thing is a pious fraud" : Samuel Robert Cassius and the missionary society controversy -- "No race suicide on this ranch" : race, family, and finances -- "The Booker T. Washington of Oklahoma" : Samuel Robert Cassius and the Tohee Industrial School -- "Tried in the fire" : life in Black Oklahoma -- Mind poisoning : the racial thought of Samuel Robert Cassius -- The setting of a "sun" : the legacy of Samuel Robert Cassius. 330 $aA fascinating and important figure in black American religious history. Samuel Robert Cassius was born to a slave mother and a white father in Virginia in 1853 and became a member of the Restorationist Movement (Disciples of Christ) while a coal miner in Indiana. For the rest of his long life (he died in 1931 at age 78), Cassius was an active evangelist, prolific publicist, dedicated leader of black Disciples, and an outspoken and uncompromising opponent of racism in religion and society. An indefatigable preacher, Cassius ranged throughout the Midwest, California 410 0$aReligion and American culture (Tuscaloosa, Ala.) 606 $aAfrican American evangelists$vBiography 606 $aRestoration movement (Christianity)$xHistory 606 $aRacism$xReligious aspects$xChristianity$xHistory 606 $aRace relations$xReligious aspects$xChristianity$xHistory 606 $aAfrican Americans$xReligion 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aAfrican American evangelists 615 0$aRestoration movement (Christianity)$xHistory. 615 0$aRacism$xReligious aspects$xChristianity$xHistory. 615 0$aRace relations$xReligious aspects$xChristianity$xHistory. 615 0$aAfrican Americans$xReligion. 676 $a286.6092 676 $aB 700 $aRobinson$b Edward J.$f1967-$01039471 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910451474603321 996 $aTo save my race from abuse$92473434 997 $aUNINA