Black Judas
Black Judas William Hannibal Thomas (1843-1935) served with distinction in the U.S. In many publications up through the 1890s, Thomas espoused a critical though optimistic black nationalist ideology.…
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Black Judas
William Hannibal Thomas (1843-1935) served with distinction in the U.S. In many publications up through the 1890s, Thomas espoused a critical though optimistic black nationalist ideology. Colored Troops in the Civil War (in which he lost an arm) and was a preacher, teacher, lawyer, state legislator, and journalist following Appomattox.
His book The American Negro (1901) was his final self-destructive act.Attacking African Americans in gross and insulting language in this utterly pessimistic book, Thomas blamed them for the contemporary "Negro problem" and argued that the race required radical redemption based on improved "character," not changed "color." Vague in his recommendations, Thomas implied that After his mid-twenties, however, Thomas began exhibiting a self-destructive personality, one that kept him in constant trouble with authorities and always on the run.