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the institution or taken special post
graduate work there. Negro dentists
number only 1,746. Trained nurses
are as numerous as doctors and
dentists combined. There are 5,728
Negro trained nurses.
A great many people assume that
the educated, professional Negro is
to be found only or at least, chiefly
in such great concentrations Of Negro
population as Harlem and the popu-
lous Negro section Of Chicago. These
constitute the largest Negro cities
in the world. The fact, as attestsd
by the cold statistics of the Bureau sS
the Census, is quite otherwise. The
overwhelming majority Of Negroes OF
the professional classes is TO be found
in the South. The fact is eloquent
testimony to the value of the work
done by Southerners in aiding the
education Of members of the Negro
race. 1t is not the carpetbag Negro
who came North to seek big wages in
the big cities who has entered the
| professions in the greatest numbers,
but the Negro who has remained at
home and is practicing among his
own people.
| There is one conspicuous exception
! to this. 1t is in the class of pro-
feSsional musicians. One-third of all
the Negroes clasSed as professional
musicians and teachers Of music are
to be found in the Middle Atlantic
States as classified by the Census
Bureau. This means, practically.
New York City. But, while there are
many in Harlem, actually these Negro
musicians are largely engaged in
playing in orchestraS for white
audiences.
Colored Teachers Employed in South.
Although the large cities Of the
North employ many Negro school
teachers. the great majority are in
the South. In the Middle Atlantic
Division there are but 2,034 teachers
while in the South Atlantic Division
there are 24,375; in the East South
Central Division, l2,l59, and in the
West South Central Division, 11,752.
! The disproportion of college presidents
and professors is even greater. In the
Middle Atlantic Division there are
but "a while in the South Atlantic
there are 1,056: in the East South
Central, 446, and in the West South
Central, $50.
There are l 1,230 lawyers, judges and
justices Of the Negro race in the
United States and the great majority
of these are to be found in the South.
In the Middle Atlantic Division there
are 1911, While in the South Atlantic
there are 274; in the East South Central,
81, and in the West South Central, 81.
The Negro lawyer is the one profess
sional who has gone West in large
numbers. In the East North Central
Division, which includes Chicago,
there are 400 Judges and lawyers, and
in the West North Central Division.
which includes such metropolises as
Minneapolis, st. Louis and Kansas
City, there are 100.
In broad general lines the Negroes
in professions are to be classed as fol-
lows: The North: Clergymen, 5,694;
college presidents and professors. 189;
school teachers, 5,972; musicians and
music teachers, 6,141; dentists, 909;
judges and lawyers, 756; doctors.
l 1923, and trained nurses, 1857. The
South: Clergymen, 1924; college
presidents and professors, 1852:
school teachers, 1926; musicians and
music teachers. 1927; dentists, 100;
judges and lawyers. 432: doctors. 2.184,
and trained nurses, 3,647. The West:
Clergymen, 4l6; college presidents
and professors, 5; school teachers,
1871: musicians and music teachers,
Sis; dentists, Al judges and lawyers,
~: doctors, 80, and trained nurses,
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