Good Morning POU! The Exhibit of American Negroes was a sociological display within the Palace of Social Economy at the 1900 World's Fair in Paris. The exhibit was actually a joint effort between Daniel Murray, the Assistant Librarian of Congress, Thomas Calloway, a lawyer and the primary organizer of the exhibit, and W.E.B. Du Bois with the goal of demonstrating the … [Read more...] about Wednesday Open Thread: W.E.B. Du Bois and the 1900 Paris Exposition
1900 World's Fair
Tuesday Open Thread: W.E.B. Du Bois and the 1900 Paris Exposition
Good Morning POU! We continue our look at the African American exhibit displayed at the 1900 World's Fair in Paris and presented by W.E.B. Du Bois. Howard University class picture 1900 At the time, Du Bois was a professor of sociology at Atlanta University, committed to combating racism with empirical evidence of the economic, social, and cultural conditions of … [Read more...] about Tuesday Open Thread: W.E.B. Du Bois and the 1900 Paris Exposition