W.E.B Du Bois collection on the Economic and Social Progress of African Americans since Emancipation

The following is a collection of data prepared for the Paris World Fair in 1900. It was prepared by W. E. B. Du Bois (African American scholar, civil rights activist, and writer) to display the economic and social progress of African Americans since the end of the civil war and the beginning of emancipation. These photos were all found in the Library of Congress archives. All titles are originals and each photo has a link which can be followed back to the Library of Congress website for more information on that specific photo.

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The Georgia Negro] Occupations of Negroes and whites in Georgia.

A series of statistical charts illustrating the condition of the descendants of former African slaves now in residence in the United States of America

The Georgia Negro] Condition of 300 Negro farm tenants after 1 year’s toil, 1898.

The Georgia Negro] Income and expenditure of 150 Negro families in Atlanta, Ga., U.S.A.

A series of statistical charts illustrating the condition of the descendants of former African slaves now in residence in the United States of America] Distribution of Negroes in the United States.

Proportion of Negroes in the total population of the United States

Occupations in which American Negroes are engaged

Increase of the Negro population in the United States of America

Comparative rate of increase of the white and Negro elements of the population of the United States

[The Georgia Negro] Conjugal condition

The Georgia Negro] City and rural population. 1890

Assessed valuation of of all taxable property owned by Georgia Negroes

Conjugal condition of American Negroes according to age periods.

American Negro newspapers and periodicals

Negro business men in the United States.