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Frazier, E. Franklin, 1894-1962

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Personal name headingFrazier, E. Franklin, 1894-1962
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Variant(s)Frazier, Franklin, 1894-1962
Frėzher, Ė. Franklin, 1894-1962
Frazier, Edward Franklin, 1894-1962
Birth date1894-09-24
Death date1962-05-17
Place of birthBaltimore (Md.)
Place of deathWashington (D.C.)
AffiliationHoward University Clark University (Worcester, Mass.) University of Chicago Atlanta University. School of Social Work American Sociological Society
Profession or occupationSociologists College teachers Authors
Found inThe negro family in Chicago, c1932: t.p. (E. Franklin Frazier)
The integration of the Negro into American society, 1951: t.p. (E. Franklin Frazier)
Howard University, School of Social Work, April 3, 2014 (E. Franklin Frazier; Edward Franklin Frazier; born September 24, 1894, Baltimore, Maryland; died May 17, 1962, Washington, D.C.; an American sociologist. His 1932 Ph.D. dissertation The Negro Family in Chicago, later released as a book The Negro Family in the United States in 1939, analyzed the historical force that influenced the development of the African-American family from the time of slavery. He graduated with honors from Howard University in 1916; earned a Master's degree in sociology from Clark University and recieved a doctoral degree in sociology from University of Chicago)
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African American National Biography, accessed January 22, 2015, via Oxford African American Studies Center database: (Frazier, E. Franklin; sociologist; born 24 September 1894 in Baltimore, Maryland, United States; graduated from Howard University (1916); MA in sociology from Clark University (1919-1920); Phd from the University of Chicago (1931); director of the Atlanta University School of Social Work and as instructor of sociology at Morehouse College in Atlanta (1922-1927); published widely criticized and debated analysis of racial discrimination in The Pathology of Race Prejudice the issue of Forum (1927); professor and head of the Department of sociology at Howard (1934); pathbreaking book, The Negro Family in Chicago, followed by The Negro Family in the United States, the most significant work in the field of race relations (1932, 1939); most controversial book, Black Bourgeoisie (1957); first African American president of the American Sociological Society (1948); honors include, the Anisfield Award (1939); Guggenheim Fellowship awarded (1939); died 17 May 1962 in Washington, District of Columbia, United States)
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