Some efforts of American Negroes for their own social betterment [electronic resource] : report of an investigation under the direction of Atlanta University ; together with the proceedings of the Third Conference for the Study of the Negro Problems, held at Atlanta University, May 25-26, 1898 / edited by W.E. Burghardt Du Bois.
The first part of the book centers on church, secret society, and other beneficial activities. It identifies 236 organizations dedicated to the "betterment" of African Americans. It also points out that social change depends on the efforts of the African American community. The second part of the book contains the Proceedings of the Conference and abstracts of six papers delivered. They are: "The Church as an institution for social betterment," by Henry Hugh Proctor, "Secret and beneficial societies of Atlanta, Georgia, " by H.R. Butler, "Organized efforts of the Negro for social betterment in Petersburg, Virginia, " by James M. Colson, "Work of the Woman's League, Washington DC, " by Helen A. Cook, "Carrie Steele Orphanage of Atlanta, Georgia, " by Minnie L. Perry, and "Mortality of Negroes, " by L.M. Hershaw.
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- Publisher: [Chapel Hill, N.C.] : Academic Affairs Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 2000.
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| General Note: | Text scanned (OCR) by Apex Data Servies, Inc. Text encoded by Apex Data Services, Inc. and Jill Kuhn. This electronic edition is part of the UNC-CH digitization project's database, Documenting the American South. It is a part of the collection The Church in the Southern Black community. Title from electronic title page. |
| Original Version Note: | Transcribed from: Some efforts of American Negroes for their own social betterment : report of an investigation under the direction of Atlanta University ; together with the proceedings of the Third Conference for the Study of the Negro Problems, held at Atlanta University, May 25-26, 1898 / edited by W.E. Burghardt Du Bois, Ph. D., Corresponding Secretary of the Conference. Atlanta, Ga. : Atlanta University Press, 1898. 66 p. ; 22 cm. "Mortality of Negroes: Second annual report of the Recorder"--Page 62-66. Issued as no. 3 in Atlanta University Publications. |
| Funding Information Note: | Funding from the Library of Congress/Ameritech National Digital Library Competition supported the electronic publication of this title. |
| System Details Note: | System requirements: PC with modem or direct Internet connection; SGML viewer required for SGML files. |
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| Subject: | African Americans > Charities. African Americans > History. African Americans > Social conditions. African Americans > Societies, etc. Cooperative societies > United States. |
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