The first major black American learned society was founded on March 5, 1897, in Washington, D.C. This history of the American Negro Academy discusses in detail its leadership, activities, and legacy. W. E. B. Du Bois, William Crogman, and Francis J. Grimké, with the help of Alexander Crummell, the first president, established this society to promote intellectual activity and refute "the Aryan who attacks the Negro by malicious and false accusations." During its thirty-one years of existence (1897--1928), the ANA issued twenty-two Occasional Papers defending black claims to individual, social, and political equality; analyzing black institutional and community life; and discussing the ways Afro-Americans had shaped the history of this country. Until it was discontinued in 1928, the members met annually to present their papers; they also organized historical exhibits and established a small archive for books and other materials. Alfred A. Moss's book is the first scholarly history of any black learned society. He adds important information to what is known about developments in the black community during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, relationships between blacks and whites, and the later organizational and intellectual activity of educated Afro-Americans. "The failures and successes of the academy make clear the many obstacles which confronted members of the black intelligentsia who, during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, sought to influence the world of ideas and the discussion of major social questions." During its existence, however, many in the group met W. E. B. Du Bois' original challenge that the "Talented Tenth" become an intellectual clearinghouse and strategy center for the race. "Perhaps," concludes Moss, "the real wonder in the history of the ANA is that the organization was able to exist as long as it did."

The American Negro Academy: Voice of the Talented Tenth

Moss Jr., Alfred A.

Louisiana State Univ

Thirty years after the publication of John Hope Franklin’s influential interpretative essay Reconstruction: After the Civil War, ten distinguished scholars have contributed to a new appraisal of Reconstruction scholarship. Recognizing Professor Franklin’s major contributions to the study of the Reconstruction era, their work of analysis and review has been dedicated to him.
Although most of the contributors studied with John Hope Franklin, The Facts of Reconstruction is not afestschrift, at least not the conventional sense. The book does not offer a comprehensive assessment of Franklin’s remarkably wide-ranging work in southern and Afro-American history, but instead engages his influential interpretation of Reconstruction.
The essays in The Facts of Reconstruction focus upon questions raised in Reconstruction: After the Civil War. Was southern white intransigence the decisive influence in Presidential Reconstruction? What as the role of violence in southern “redemption”? How successful were the educational experiments of the Reconstruction era? Why did southern Republicans fail to build an effective coalition capable of surviving the pressure of racism?
In addition, several essays discuss questions not directly addressed in Franklin’s book, since his pathbreaking work indirectly stimulated study in a variety of new areas. For example, contributors to The Facts of Reconstruction examine the ante-bellum origins of Reconstruction, evaluate the development of racial segregation during the late nineteenth century, analyze the political and legal ideas behind the Reconstruction debates, and study the prospering minority among blacks.
 Representing a variety of perspectives, the authors have sought to follow John Hope Franklin’s admonition that Reconstruction should not be used as “a mirror of ourselves.” If they have succeeded, this book in honor of a profound scholar and inspiring teacher will provoke new discussion about “the facts of Reconstruction.”

The Facts of Reconstruction: Essays in Honor of John Hope Franklin

History

Anderson, Eric

Americas

LSU Press

Eric Anderson and Alfred A. Moss, Jr., offer a new examination of the impact of northern philanthropy on southern black education, giving special attention to the "Ogden movement," the General Education Board, the Rosenwald Fund, and the Episcopal American Church Institute for Negroes. Anderson and Moss present significant reinterpretations of key figures in African American education, including Booker T. Washington, William H. Baldwin, Jr., George Foster Peabody, and Thomas Jesse Jones.
Dangerous Donations explores both the great influence of the philanthropic foundations and the important limitations on their power. White racial radicals were suspicious that the northern agencies sought to undermine the southern system of race relations, "training negroes in the vain hope of social equality with whites." This criticism forced the philanthropists and their agents to move cautiously, seeking white southern cooperation whenever possible. Despite repeated compromises, northern philanthropists maintained a vision of race relations and black potential significantly different from that held by the South’s white majority.
Blacks challenged the foundations, expressing their own educational agendas in a variety of ways, including demands for black teachers, resistance to any distinctive racial curricula, and, in some cases, support for independent black schools. The millions of dollars in self-help philanthropy contributed by African Americans also indicated their refusal to give complete control of their schools to either the white South or distant philanthropists in the North.
No other scholars, according to Louis R. Harlan, "have examined the controversial role of philanthropy with the same coolness, analytical skill, and persistent search for the truth as Eric Anderson and Alfred Moss... [they] have made an outstanding contribution to the history of education for both races in the segregated South of 1900 to 1930."

Dangerous Donations: Northern Philanthropy and Southern Black Education, 1902-1930 (Volume 1)

University of Missouri

Eric Anderson and Alfred A. Moss, Jr., offer a new examination of the impact of northern philanthropy on southern black education, giving special attention to the "Ogden movement," the General Education Board, the Rosenwald Fund, and the Episcopal American Church Institute for Negroes. Anderson and Moss present significant reinterpretations of key figures in African American education, including Booker T. Washington, William H. Baldwin, Jr., George Foster Peabody, and Thomas Jesse Jones. Dangerous Donations explores both the great influence of the philanthropic foundations and the important limitations on their power. White racial radicals were suspicious that the northern agencies sought to undermine the southern system of race relations, "training negroes in the vain hope of social equality with whites." This criticism forced the philanthropists and their agents to move cautiously, seeking white southern cooperation whenever possible. Despite repeated compromises, northern philanthropists maintained a vision of race relations and black potential significantly different from that held by the South's white majority. Blacks challenged the foundations, expressing their own educational agendas in a variety of ways, including demands for black teachers, resistance to any distinctive racial curricula, and, in some cases, support for independent black schools. The millions of dollars in self-help philanthropy contributed by African Americans also indicated their refusal to give complete control of their schools to either the white South or distant philanthropists in the North.No other scholars, according to Louis R. Harlan, "have examined the controversial role of philanthropy with the same coolness, analytical skill, and persistent search for the truth as Eric Anderson and Alfred Moss. . . [they] have made an outstanding contribution to the history of education for both races in the segregated South of 1900 to 1930."

Dangerous Donations: Northern Philanthropy and Southern Black Education, 1902-1930

See the best price to sell, buy, or rent books by Moss Jr., Alfred A.. BookScouter helps to compare book prices from 25+ online bookstores and 30+ buyback vendors with a single search.

Books by Moss Jr., Alfred A.

See the best price to sell, buy, or rent books by Moss Jr., Alfred A.. BookScouter helps to compare book prices from 25+ online bookstores and 30+ buyback vendors with a single search.

The American Negro Academy: Voice of the Talented Tenth

The Facts of Reconstruction: Essays in Honor of John Hope Franklin

Dangerous Donations: Northern Philanthropy and Southern Black Education, 1902-1930 (Volume 1)

Dangerous Donations: Northern Philanthropy and Southern Black Education, 1902-1930