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The Academy of Political and Social Sciences The Annals [Volume 140, No. 229 (November 1928)]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC09640.317 Author/Creator: The Academy of Political and Social Sciences Place Written: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Type: Pamphlet Date: November 1928 Pagination: 361 p. : Height: 24 cm, Width: 16.4 cm Order a Copy

One issue of The Annals dated November 1928. Volume is entitled, "The American Negro." Articles pertain to segregation, crime statistics, education, health, prejudice and discrimination towards black people in Latin American, South Africa, and West Africa. Incldues an article entitles, "Race Relations in the United States" by W.E.B. du Bois, "Residential Segregation in American Cities" by Ernest W. Burgess and a woodcut by J.L. Wells.

Du Bois, William Edward Burghardt, 1868-1963
King, Clyde L., 1879-1937
Burgess, Ernest, 1866-1966
Wells, James Lesene, 1902-1993

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