ABOUT THIS BOOKPero Gaglo Dagbovie examines the lives, works, and contributions of two of the most important figures of the early black history movement, Carter G. Woodson and Lorenzo Johnston Greene. Drawing on the two men's personal papers as well as the materials of the Association for the Study of Negro Life and History (ASNLH), Dagbovie probes the struggles, sacrifices, and achievements of the black history pioneers and offers the first major examination of Greene's life. Equally important, it also addresses a variety of overlooked issues pertaining to Woodson, including the historian's image in popular and scholarly writings and memory, the democratic approach of the ASNLH, and the pivotal role women played in the association.
AUTHOR BIOGRAPHYPero Gaglo Dagbovie is University Distinguished Professor of History and Associate Dean in the Graduate School at Michigan State University. He is the author of Reclaiming the Black Past: The Use and Misuse of African American History in the Twenty-First Century and African American History Reconsidered.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Contents
Preface
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Part One: Carter G. Woodson Reconsidered
1. Representations of "The Father of Negro History"
2. A Pioneer in Black Studies and History
3. The Progenitor of a Twentieth-Century African American
Iconoclastic Tradition
4. Black Women, Woodson, and the ASNLH, 1915-50
Part Two: Lorenzo Johnston Greene's Life, Work, and
Contributions, 1899-1950
5. The Origins of a Creative Scholar and Historian, 1899-1928
6. An Unselfish Worker for the ASNLH, 1928-33
7. Discovering His Mission at Lincoln University, 1933-44
8. Life at Lincoln University, 1944-50
Conclusion
Notes
Index