The Negro

The Negro by W. E. B. Du Bois

"The time has not yet come for a complete history of the black peoples. Archaeological research in Africa has just begun, and many sources of information in Arabic, Portuguese and other languages are not completely within our reach; and, also, it must To To be honest, the racial prejudice against the darkest peoples is still too strong in the so-called civilized centers of judicial evaluation of the peoples of Africa. Much intensive monographic work in history and science is needed to clarify the disputed points and silence the controversial one who is Wrong Desire for scientific proof However, I have not been able to resist the temptation to rehearse such a brief general statement of the main known facts and their fair interpretation that allows the general reader to know as men one sixth or more of the human race., such a short story should be mainly conclusions and generalizations with little indication of self underlying reasons and arguments. A later and longer book may be more satisfying on these points. "