Race pride was taught through domestic display and personal example

Evidence

Hang upon the walls of your homes pictures of the men and women of your own race who have given a chapter that deserves to be recorded in the history of the civilized world .. . We should appreciate everything that represents the achievement of our people, whether modern or ancient. Then, fill your libraries with books that are the product of the Negro brain. Do these things, and I prophesy that almost every child of the succeeding generation will speak with as much pride of his race and the Negro blood in his veins as does the Anglo-Saxon of his race. — Evelyn Brooks Higginbotham, Righteous Discontent, 332

Categorization

• ADDENDUM: Shows the complementary internal-facing strategy to the outward respectability politics — building racial self-regard through domestic culture — that parallels the tree-article’s interest in embedded, ground-up construction.
• XREF: connects to: Everyday display rituals illuminate how race and ethnicity are constructed — David Theo Goldberg, John Solomos, A Companion to Racial and Ethnic Studies, 2837; The respectability campaign rhetorically elevated working-class domestic servants as race exemplars — Evelyn Brooks Higginbotham, Righteous Discontent: The Women’s…, 997; Racial identity functions as practice and intention, not just appearance (+2 more)

Broader Connections

• Everyday display rituals illuminate how race and ethnicity are constructed #expands (0.82) — David Theo Goldberg, John Solomos, A Companion to Racial and Ethnic Studies, 2837
• Respectable public self-presentation contested racist stereotypes of black women #expands (0.79) — Evelyn Brooks Higginbotham, Righteous Discontent, 878
• The respectability campaign rhetorically elevated working-class domestic servants as race exemplars #exemplifies (0.78) — Evelyn Brooks Higginbotham, Righteous Discontent, 997
• Racial identity functions as practice and intention, not just appearance #expands (0.76)
• Pride tracks intergroup status while respect measures one’s standing inside the group #qualifies (0.72) — Roderick M. Kramer, Geoffrey J. Leonardelli, Robert W. Livingston, Social Cognition, Social Identity, and…, 2333