The Journal of Negro History, founded by Carter G. Woodson, published rigorous academic scholarship on African American history at a time when mainstream academic institutions largely ignored the subject. Volume 5 (1920) presents a range of scholarly articles, primary documents, and bibliographic notices covering topics from colonial history through the post-Reconstruction era and into the early twentieth century.
Woodson’s journal was essential to what scholars now recognize as the founding generation of professional Black historiography. Download this free EPUB for a year’s worth of pioneering historical research that helped establish African American history as a serious scholarly discipline.