"In Search of Purity: Eugenics and Racial Uplift Among New Negroes, 1915-1935" is a dissertation that examines the reinterpretation of eugenic theories by Black scholars, who helped integrate the science into a social movement for Racial uplift.
Guiding principles of African American-led eugenic theor.
Areas of analyses include: The Talented Tenth, links between ideas about social degeneracy and physical hygiene, Eugenics courses and professors at Howard University, hereditarian, and colorism. "In Search of Purity: Eugenics and Racial Uplift Among New Negroes, 1915-1935" is a dissertation that examines the reinterpretation of eugenic theories by Black scholars, who helped integrate the science into a social movement for Racial uplift
