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Scholars of the Civil War era will benefit from extended exposure to Turner, a voice that calls out the pretentions of the age of uplift as well as our own.--Samuel Graber Journal of the Civil War Era Andre E. Johnson's No Future in This Country is a powerful reminder that Henry McNeal Turner was one of the titans of the Black freedom struggle between the Civil War and the dawn of American imperialism. Johnson's meticulous recovery of Turner provides a thoughtful window into this still underresearched moment. As Johnson shows us, Turner was a central figure in almost all the major debates facilitated by Black folks in this crucial period. With this volume, Johnson points the way towards a significant reconfiguration of what we think we know about the historical and intellectual antecedents of a host of actions--emigration, self-defense, the perils and prospects of political engagement, the utility of protest, the role of education in the task of liberation, and more. No Future in This Country is a necessary and indispensable work.--Charles W. McKinney Jr., Neville Frierson Bryan Chair of Africana Studies and associate professor of history, Rhodes College

Andre E. Johnson's No Future in This Country is a powerful reminder that Henry McNeal Turner was one of the titans of the Black freedom struggle between the Civil War and the dawn of American imperialism. Johnson's meticulous recovery of Turner provides a thoughtful window into this still underresearched moment. As Johnson shows us, Turner was a central figure in almost all the major debates facilitated by Black folks in this crucial period. With this volume, Johnson points the way towards a significant reconfiguration of what we think we know about the historical and intellectual antecedents of a host of actions--emigration, self-defense, the perils and prospects of political engagement, the utility of protest, the role of education in the task of liberation, and more. No Future in This Country is a necessary and indispensable work.--Charles W. McKinney Jr., Neville Frierson Bryan Chair of Africana Studies and associate professor of history, Rhodes College

"The book is clearly written and its arguments are vividly supported. . . . Overall, Johnson's combination of theological, rhetorical, and historical methods yields a study worthy of its subject.--Bjorn F. Stillion Southard ""Quarterly Journal of Speech"" Scholars of the Civil War era will benefit from extended exposure to Turner, a voice that calls out the pretentions of the age of uplift as well as our own.--Samuel Graber ""Journal of the Civil War Era"" No Future in This Country is more than a rhetorical analysis of Turner's speeches and writings. Framed as ""a sequel of sorts"" to Johnson's own The Forgotten Prophet: Bishop Henry McNeal Turner and the African American Prophetic Tradition (2012), this work offers a practice in rhetorical history, which Johnson defines as the ""historical study of rhetorical events and the study from a rhetorical perspective of historical forces, trends, processes, and events"" (14).--Christopher J. Morris ""Rhetoric & Public Affairs"" Johnson's ample use of direct quotation makes No Future in This Country. . . an accessible introduction to Turner, acquainting the reader with Turner's thought in his own words situated in historical context.--Phillip Yaure ""American Political Thought"" No Future in This Country remains a valuable addition to the growing body of literature on Turner and on the Black rhetorical tradition.--Christina Dickerson-Cousin ""The Journal of African American History"" Andre E. Johnson's No Future in This Country is a powerful reminder that Henry McNeal Turner was one of the titans of the Black freedom struggle between the Civil War and the dawn of American imperialism. Johnson's meticulous recovery of Turner provides a thoughtful window into this still underresearched moment. As Johnson shows us, Turner was a central figure in almost all the major debates facilitated by Black folks in this crucial period. With this volume, Johnson points the way towards a significant reconfiguration of what we think we know about the historical and intellectual antecedents of a host of actions--emigration, self-defense, the perils and prospects of political engagement, the utility of protest, the role of education in the task of liberation, and more. No Future in This Country is a necessary and indispensable work.--Charles W. McKinney Jr., Neville Frierson Bryan Chair of Africana Studies and associate professor of history, Rhodes College"

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Andre E. Johnson is associate professor of rhetoric and media studies at the University of Memphis. He is director of the Henry McNeal Turner Project, a digital humanities project curating the writings of Bishop Henry McNeal Turner.

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