The Human Way. Addresses on Race Problems at the Southern Sociological Congress Atlanta, 1913

Nashville: Southern Sociological Congress, 1913. 146, [2]pp. Bound in red cloth; without dust jacket, if issued. Binding mildly soiled; a very good copy. First edition and quite scarce. These 17 talks were delivered at the second Southern Sociological Congress in 1913. Features Dr. Charles V. Roman’s address, "Racial Self-Respect and Racial Antagonism." Roman (1864–1934), one of the few African Americans to participate in the Congress, was a physician, professor at Meharry Medical College in Nashville, and served as president of the National Medical Association (1904–05). He was known for his advocacy of racial solidarity and self-improvement. The volume also includes numerous addresses on the economic, educational, medical, and legal challenges confronting African Americans, including: "How to Enlist the Welfare Agencies of the South for Improvement of Conditions Among the Negroes"; "The Negro Working Out His Own Salvation," on shifting African American populations; "The Prevalence of Contagious or Infectious Diseases Among the Negroes, and the Necessity of Preventive Measures"; "The Need and Value of Industrial Education for Negroes"; "The Work of the Jeanes and Slater Funds," on industrial education; "Open Church Work for the Negro," on the Presbyterian Colored Missions in Louisville, Kentucky; and "The White Man’s Task in the Uplift of the Negro." Work p609.…