NEGRO YEAR BOOK An Annual Encyclopedia of the Negro MONROE N. WORK Director Department of Records $1YFORD LIBRARY Published by the Negro Year Book Publishing Co. Copyright by 1925 FOREWORD THE NEGRO YEAR BOOK for 1925-1926 is the seventh edition. The historical material contained in previous editions has been revised and added to, thus bringing it down to date. A large amount of new material is also presented, a great deal of which interprets the attitude of the Negro. This matter is compiled from every available source and has been supplemented by the researches of the Editor, especially with reference to the progress of the group, migration, the Negro in politics, the Negro in Africa, race consciousness and race relations. THE NEGRO YEAR BOOK continues to be the standard work of reference on all matters relating the Negro. It is the most extensively used compendium of information on this subject. Its circulation extends to every part of the United States, to Canada, the West Indies, Central America, South America, Europe, Asia and Africa. THE NEGRO YEAR BOOK provides, in an inexpensive form, a succinct, comprehensive and impartial review of the events which affect the interests and indicate the progress Negroes are making. It furnishes a compact but comprehensive statement of historical and statistical facts arranged for ready reference. It is a permanent record of current events and at the same time an encyclopaedia of historical and sociological facts. Especial attention is called to the bibliographical section which contains the most extended and comprehensive bibliography which has been put out on the Negro in the United States. This bibliography has been topically arranged so as to be helpful to the student who wishes to pursue further the investigation of any particular subject. The 1925-1926 NEGRO YEAR BOOK, in addition to its interest for the general reader, its usefulness in the study of the Negro by Mission Study classes, Y. M. C. A. and Y. W. C. A. classes and literary clubs, is especially adapted for use in schools. where sociological and historical courses on the Negro are given. The price of the NEGRO YEAR BOOK, postpaid, is paper cover, $1.00; board cover, $1.50. Special rates to agents. ADDRESS THE NEGRO YEAR BOOK COMPANY, (iv) MAPS Per Cent Negroes Total Population... Julius Rosenwald Fund Schoolhouse Construction Map Black and Mulatto Elements in Negro Population. Counties Having Negro Population of Fifty Per Cent or More 310 425-126 427-428 439 446-447 CHARTS Per Cent White and Negro Children in School and Out. 292 294 299 302 Investments in United States in all School Plants and in School Plants and Equipments for Negroes. 302 Endowment or Productive Funds for all and for Negro Institutions.. 390 Declining Mortality of White and Colored Persons in Recent Years Principal Causes of Death Among White and Colored Persons Life Span of the American and Canadian Industrial Populations. 405 405 406 408 408 409 |