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He challenged prevailing ideas about scientific racism and the social construction of race, demonstrated the connections between civilizations, and traced achievements of ethnic Africans, including some with mixed European ancestry. He was one of the earliest popularizers of African and African-American history in the 20th century.Among his non-fiction works are World's Greatest Men and Women of African Descent (1935), 100 Amazing Facts about the Negro (1934), The Real Facts about Ethiopia (1936), and World's Great Men of Color (1947). He is probably best known for Sex and Race (1941) and The Five Negro Presidents (1965). 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He became interested in the history of African Americans in the United States. His research spanned the academic fields of history, sociology and anthropology. He challenged prevailing ideas about scientific racism and the social construction of race, demonstrated the connections between civilizations, and traced achievements of ethnic Africans, including some with mixed European ancestry. He was one of the earliest popularizers of African and African-American history in the 20th century.Among his non-fiction works are World's Greatest Men and Women of African Descent (1935), 100 Amazing Facts about the Negro (1934), The Real Facts about Ethiopia (1936), and World's Great Men of Color (1947). He is probably best known for Sex and Race (1941) and The Five Negro Presidents (1965). In addition, he wrote columns, including \"Impressions of Europe\" and \"Jazz at Home\", for several black newspapers and for the Pittsburgh Courier, an illustrated feature entitled \"Your History.\" He also wrote two novels From \"Superman\" to Man and She Walks in Beauty.","Ahmed Samuel Milai, better known as Sam Milai, was an African American editorial and comic strip cartoonist who drew for the Pittsburgh Courier. From 1940–c. 1971, Milai illustrated \"Your History\", written by Joel Augustus Rogers.","The Pittsburgh Courier was an African American weekly newspaper published in Pittsburgh from 1907 until October 22, 1966. By the 1930s, the Courier was one of the leading black newspapers in the United States. It was acquired in 1965 by John H. Sengstacke, a major black publisher and owner of the Chicago Defender. He re-opened the paper in 1967 as the New Pittsburgh Courier, making it one of his four newspapers for the African American audience. ","Sources:\nWikipedia. 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On May 17, 1954, the Supreme Court of the United States of America ruled that schools segregated by race were \"inherently unequal,\" depriving Black students of \"equal protection of the laws guaranteed by the 14th Amendment.\" A later Supreme Court decision in May of 1955 ordered that public schools across the nation desegregate \"with all deliberate speed.\" \nRather than comply with these orders, the leaders of  Prince Edward County  chose to close all public schools, a decision that lasted from 1959 until 1964. The decision was well-publicized at the time, and was a source of tension throughout the county. Though the public schools were re-instated and county supervisors agreed to desegregate the schools beginning with the 1964-1965 school year, the process of public school integration was far from smooth. The  Voice of Prince Edward County , published from the summer of 1965 until December of 1969, offers a unique community perspective on this post-integration time period.","Rehoused by: Sarah Almond, 2021 February. Machine-readable finding aid created  by: Sarah Almond, 2021 February. Machine-readable finding aid revised by: Sarah Almond, 2021 October.","Prince Edward County Integration Collection (SC 000106)","The  Voice of Prince Edward  County collection houses all extant issues of the newspaper at  Hampden-Sydney College  from 1965 until 1969. It is not a complete run of the paper; there is only one issue each from the years 1968 and 1969. Contents include news articles related to local news events and pertinent political races, articles that highlight educational and job opportunities for African-Americans in the community, editorials, and creative writing. ","The collection also contains digital audio files of oral history interviews conducted with contributors to the paper, performed by Hampden-Sydney Students in the spring of 2021.","This series features all extant issues of the newspaper at Hampden-Sydney College from 1965 until 1969. It is not a complete run of the paper; there is only one issue each from the years 1968 and 1969. Contents include news articles related to local news events and pertinent political races, articles that highlight educational and job opportunities for African-Americans in the community, editorials, and creative writing.","In the Spring of 2021, students in HIST285, \"Building a Community Archive: The Voice of Prince Edward and the Moton Story\" conducted oral history interviews with contributors to the paper. This series contains five interviews.","The nature of the Hampden-Sydney College Archives and Special Collections means that copyright or other information about restrictions may be difficult or even impossible to determine despite reasonable efforts. As a result, Hampden-Sydney College claims only physical ownership of most Special Collections materials.  \nThe materials from our collections are made available for use in research, teaching, and private study, pursuant to U.S. Copyright law. The user must assume full responsibility for any use of the materials, including but not limited to, infringement of copyright and publication rights of reproduced materials. Any materials used for academic research or otherwise should be fully credited with the source.  \nThis collection may contain materials with sensitive or confidential information that is protected under federal or state right to privacy laws and regulations. Researchers are advised that the disclosure of certain information pertaining to identifiable living individuals represented in this collection without the consent of those individuals may have legal ramifications (e.g. cause of action under common law for invasion of privacy may arise if facts concerning and individual's private life are published that would be deemed highly offensive to a reasonable person) for which the College assumes no responsibility.","Published between the years of 1965 and 1969, the  Voice of Prince Edward County  was an independent, privately financed newspaper out of Farmville, Virginia. The stated intent of the paper, printed as an Editors' note in the July 26, 1965 issue, reads:\n\t \"The  VOICE  of Prince Edward County is dedicated to give a voice to all the people of Prince Edward County. 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