Some efforts of American Negroes for their own social betterment
Subtitle: 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
By: edited by W.E. Burghardt Du Bois
Contributors: Atlanta University; Conference for the Study of the Negro Problems (3rd : 1898 : Atlanta University); University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Documenting the American South (Project); University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library
Edition: Electronic ed.
Series: Atlanta University publications -- no. 3
Publisher: Academic Affairs Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Published: 2000
Place of publication: Chapel Hill, N.C.]
Language: eng
Subjects: African Americans; Social conditions; Societies; Charities; History; Cooperative societies
Other titles: Church in the Southern Black community.
Description: 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.
Notes: Title from electronic title page.

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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"--P. 62-66. Issued as no. 3 in Atlanta University Publications.

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