The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1900-06-30
AFRO AMERICAN STATISTICS.

From Special Staff Correspondent of THE Appr.,
Paris, June 18th, 1900: The most
artlstlc work in connection with tho
Afro-American Exhibit at the Par;s
exposition of 1900 are the excellent
cnart designs executed by and under
the direction of Prof. w. e. B. Dubois
vi Atlanta University. This work con-
slsts OF a series of charts presenting
statlstlcs pertinent to the Afro-Ameri-
cans. These charts and diagrams arc
so designed as to give one at q glance
wnat would require pages of reading
10 1mpart. This work is =, credit +o
our race from a historical standnoint
as we'll as showing the great ahi1itv
OF Prof. Dubois. It is needless tn Gov
that this particular part of the exh;h;t
receives the attention of those who aro
seeking to learn the real stains If the
Afro-American. It is very usual tn
observe Mr.. Galloway explaining these
Diagrams to an interested groun If
listeners VI
Proportion of fro-Americans in Tho
total population of the United States
as shown by each 80 years: 1900 if
was one-fifth; 1880, it was one-sixtb.
1860; it was one-seventh: 1890 it wa
one-eighth. '0
Proportion of total Afro American
chlidren OF school age who are enrolled
in the public schools: 1875 375e nar
per cent.
Enrolment in the Afro American
common Schools of the former slave
states OF the United States: 1876-77,
on, oo6; lSSO-81, 802,374; 1856.
VgaS'6o9; lS9O-91, 1,329,549; 1866,
Number of students pursuing various
courses of study in the 17S special in
st1tutlons for Afro American educa-
ton:
Common elementary training, U.s.
o9o; grammar school courses, 1865
industrial training, 12,341; normal
training, 4,672; high school college
training, 1855; professional training.
1879. o.
BY noting the last item it will be
seen that very small number are DUR
suing professional studies.
Alro-Amerlcan newspapers and ne
rlodlcals are represented by a pyramid
showing that we have: Magazines,
daily papers, 8; school papers, IL:
weekly papers, 1876; total, 1853.
Pauperlsm among Afro-Americans
shows to every 100000 there are SO
paupers QS9O).
Statistics of Afro American church
| organizations: Number of organiza
tons, 29,462; number of church edi-
ices, 23,770; value of church property.
$26,626, 448; number of communicates
2,673,977. NY
Religion of Afro-Americans: Cath
olics, 14,517; Protestants, 1853 ,46O.
With reference to the following sta
tlstlcs of the state of Georgia exclus-
lively, Mr.. Galloway explains: "The
reason [ chose the state of Georgia
was because in that state there are
probably more Afro-Americans than
IN any other state in the Union, and
Iufther because of the fact that Prof.
DUBOIS, being thoroughly acquainted
with Georgia, was decided upon as the
| most able person to handle the sub
ject."
The population of Georgia by coun-
ties shows that the county in which
Savannah is located has over 10000
Afro-Americans, the state having over
85S, 1000.
City and rural Afro-American popu-
latlon in 1890: 1888 in cities of over
10000; 5000 in cities of 5000 to 10000:
1859 in cities from $500 to 5000:
134,952 living in the country and vii
lagos.
llllteracy among the Afro-A Americans
(l89O): 1860, SO per cent; 1870: 80
per cent; 1880, S16 per cent: 1890
67.27 per cent; 1900, so per cent(?).
Atro-American children enrolled in
public schools: 1860, z; 1870, 1O,351;
1878, 72,655; 1884, 11O,15O 1883. 12O.-
$685.. 1891, 156,836; 1897, 1870, 565.
Afro-American teachers in Georgia
public schools: 1886, 2,512; 1889
$780,; 1898, 1906; 1897, 1916.
Number of Afro-American nuhlic
schools in Georgia: 1871, 1924: 1878
2,795. '' 1000
Number of Afro American students
taking various courses of study offered
IN Georgia schools $500: Business,
"; classical, SO; professional, 1872:
scientific, 161; normal, 1888: industrial.
1882. =
Valuation of Afro-American public
school property in Georgia: Athens.
$500; Macon, $4,000; Columbus
$l7 900; Augusta, $25, 900; Savannah
$4,000; Atlanta, $30,4OO; other
places, 44,110; total reported. 1876 O1O
Value of land owned by Afro-Ameri-
cans in Georgia, 1875, 81, 1853 1902: 1880
$1,522,173; 1885, 1882, 1889; 1890. 3425
176; 1895, 4,15S,960; 1899, 1920. 100.
Paris, June 16, 1900, from Staff Cor