Half a man : the status of the negro in New York / by Mary White Ovington ; with a foreword by Dr. Franz Boas.

by Michigan Historical Reprint Series

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260 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1969

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[Susan Molloy · Rating 3 out of 5]

🖍️ Dry reading.

📙Published in 1911.

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CONTENTS
I "Up from Slavery"
II Where the Negro Lives
III The Child of the Tenement
IV Earning a Living—Manual Labor and the Trades
V Earning a Living—Business and the Professions
VI The Colored Woman as a Bread Winner
VII Rich and Poor
VIII The Negro and the Municipality
IX Conclusion