DU BOIS, W. E. B.

The Philadelphia Negro: a Social Study. Bound with -- The United States Farm Magazine for January 1898 (which includes a number of articles by African-Americans). 4to, contemporary 1/4 calf, extremities worn. Philadelphia: Published for the University, 1899 FIRST EDITION. Du Bois's monumental study of the social conditions in which the negroes of the Seventh Ward of Philadelphia lived, and one of the first scientifically conducted sociological studies ever undertaken in this country. Du Bois's study resulted in his becoming the director of Atlanta University's Department for Studies of the Negro Problem. The magazine excerpts bound with Du Bois's work include pieces by Booker T. Washington, Robert L. Dabney, and others, LCP, Negro History 236; Work, page 628; Blockson Collection 3735.