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Meeting of the Board of Directors and the Advisory Board for the Encyclopedia of the Negro, circa 1930s
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In 1909, W. E. B. Du Bois conceived of editing an "Encyclopędia Africana." Du Bois envisioned the equivalent of a black Encyclopędia Britannica "covering the chief points in the history and condition of the Negro race." He was successful in attracting a prestigious editorial board but unable to raise the money necessary to realize the project. Throughout his life, Du Bois would pursue the idea of creating this encyclopedia.
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Left to right-Front Row-Miss Otelia Cromwell, Monroe N. Work, Charles H. Wesley, Benjamin Brawley, W. E. B. Du Bois, Eugene Kinckle Jones, Alain Locke, Waldo G. Leland. Center-James Weldon Johnson, Charles T. Loram. Rear-W. D. Weatherford, A. A. Schomburg, J. E. Spingarn, Clarence S. Marsh, Anson Phelps Stokes, W. A. Aery, James H. Dillard, Miss Florence Read, Mordecai W. Johnson.
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Last Updated: October 2008
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