Book ID: CBB001032988

Franz Boas and W. E. B. Du Bois at Atlanta University, 1906 (2008)

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Zumwalt, Rosemany Lévy (Editor)
Willis, William Shedrick (Editor)


American Philosophical Society


Publication Date: 2008
Physical Details: viii + 83 pp.; ill.; bibl.; index
Language: English

The papers of William Shedrick Willis (1921-1983), housed at the American Philosophical Society, include his drafts of the manuscript, Boas Goes to Atlanta. They contain the fascinating story of Franz Boas s visit to Atlanta University in 1906, and more, because Willis intended the work to be a book on Boas s work in black anthropology. Zumwalt focuses on what was to have been Willis s first chapter, Boas Goes to Atlanta. Zumalt expands the sections on Boas s trip to Atlanta, the time he spent on the campus of Atlanta University, the reaction to his talk by blacks and whites, and the conflict between W. E. B. Du Bois and Booker T. Washington. Zumwalt came to know him better as she read of his encounters with racism on a personal level and on institutional levels. Photos.

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Authors & Contributors
Jeffrey P. Morgan
Sparks, Randy J.
Mooney, Katherine C.
Mendes, Gabriel N.
Zumwalt, Rosemary Lévy
Willoughby, Christopher D. E.
Concepts
Science and race
African Americans and science
African Americans
Race
Black people
Anthropology
Time Periods
20th century, early
20th century
19th century
18th century
Places
United States
Southern states (U.S.)
New York City (New York, U.S.)
Germany
Atlantic world
Atlantic Ocean
Institutions
Lafargue Mental Hygiene Clinic
Columbia University
University of Chicago
American Museum of Natural History, New York
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