THE ECONOMIC STATUS OF NEGROES Summary and analysis of the materials presented at the Conference on the Economic Status of the Negro, held in Washington, D.C., May 11-13, 1933, under the sponsorship of the Julius Rosenwald Fund, Report prepared for the Committee On Findings by Charles S. Johnson

9 x 6", printed stapled tan wraps, 53pp. Covers and blanks heavily stained, the remainder of the contents have light wrinkling and light staining to upper margins else good. Some of the topics: "Present Position of Negroes in Basic Industries", "The Plight of the Negro Farm Worker". Charles Spurgeon Johnson, 1893-1956, who in 1921became the founder and editor of "Opportunity: A Journal of Negro Life" which happened during his tenure as director of research for the National Urban League in New York. He came to Fisk University in 1927 to head the department of social research, in 1946 he was selected by the board of trustees to be its sixth president and first black president. Extremely SCARCE publication, only one other copy is for sale. W.E.B. DuBois was one of the participants.