The Philadelphia Negro: community-university research collaboration in the 1890s

ABSTRACT

W. E. B. Du Bois’ The Philadelphia Negro (1899) provides an early example of community-university research collaboration. This “From the Archives” article provides the text of two documents from the work that describe the genesis of the research. A third document provides Du Bois’ plan for continuing research on African American community life.

KEYWORDS:

• W. E. B. Du Bois
• The Philadelphia Negro (1899)
• Community-engaged research
• Community-university research collaboration
• Atlanta Sociological Laboratory

Acknowledgment

I thank Cheryl Hyde and Mary L. Ohmer for comments on an earlier draft of this article.

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