An excerpt from an article by Dr. Kelly Miller about eugenics and African Americans, 1917.

Dr. Kelly Miller, born in Winnsboro, South Carolina in 1863, was one of the preeminent black scholars and thinkers in the early twentieth century. A noted mathematician and sociologist, Miller was Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences at Howard University from 1907 to 1919. In this article, “Eugenics of the Negro Race,” Miller highlights class distinctions among African Americans and gives warnings about the negative effects of a low birth rate among upper-class African Americans.

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Miller, Kelly, excerpt from “Eugenics of the Negro race,” Digital Public Library of America, https://dp.la/item/a67b9a0c339e2edf60560b3c7d0f8ef7.
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