Encyclopedia Of The Negro

Famed social scientist W.E.B. DuBois's lengthy prospectus for an Encyclopedia of the Negro, presented to the Phelps-Stokes Fund in 1946, is reproduced here, along with two sample entries DuBois prepared for the project and an analytical introduction from Eugene Provenzo. A guide to the ideas of America's best known, most prolific thinker on race.

An exhaustive reference work on the culture and history of Black America provides commentary and exact, factual information ranging from the colonial period to contemporary Black issues and achievements

Encyclopedia containing a full analysis of the economic, political, sociological, historical, literary, and philosophical issues related to Americans of African descent.

Chronicles the players, teams, stadiums, and important games that shaped African American babseball, including key players Rube Foster, Satchel Paige, and Jackie Robinson.

Excerpt from Negro Year Book: An Annual Encyclopedia of the Negro, 1937-1938 The Negro Year Book continues to be the standard work of refer ence on all matters relating to the Negro. It is the most extensively used compendium of information on the Negro. Its circulation ex tends to every part of the United States, to Canada, the West Indies, Central America, South America, Europe, Asia, Africa, and Australia. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.