The Philadelphia Negro: A Social Study

Bois, W. E. B. Du

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“…Alongside an influx of immigrant populations coming from Ireland, Germany, Sweden, and other European countries, the study's guiding question took on a heightened salience as even in 1896 the White majority would ask, BWhy has the Negro not found his place?^(Du Bois 1996a, p. 44). Du Bois (1996a) located the church as the chief axis of social life, it is the centre of social, intellectual and religious life of an organized group of individuals. It provides social intercourse, it provides amusements of various kinds, it serves as a newspaper and intelligence bureau, it supplants the theatre, it directs the picnic and excursion, it furnishes the music, it introduces the stranger to the community, it serves as a lyceum, library and lecture bureau^(p. 470).…”

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“…Du Bois (1996a) even extends a critique on to the Young Men's Christian Association (YMCA) in not being truly accessible to Black Philadelphians, The [YMCA] has had a checkered history, chiefly as it would seem from the wrong policy pursued; there is in the city a grave and dangerous lack of proper places of amusement and recreation for young men. To fill this need a properly conducted Young Men's Christian Association, with books and newspapers, baths, bowling alleys and billiard tables, conversation rooms and short, interesting religious services is demanded; it would cost far less than it now costs the courts to punish the petty misdemeanors of young men who do not know how to amuse themselves.…”

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A People’s History of Leisure Studies: Old Knowledge, New Knowledge and The Philadelphia Negro as a Foundational Text

2017

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There is a great realization that a professor teaching an introductory or philosophical foundations course in the field of leisure studies comes to, if that professor may not be from the dominant culture of most Western societies. This realization is as stark as their numerical presence in their respective departments. Why are the philosophical foundations of the field devoid of the experiences, voices, and perspectives populations of colour, or even more broadly, the populations of the global majority? The objectives of this manuscript are: 1) to briefly categorize the research in the field on Race and ethnicity; 2) to outline the key canonical texts of the field; 3) to consider and reconceptualize a racially and ethnically inclusive foundation for the field utilizing W. E. B. Du Bois' (1899) The Philadelphia Negro: A Social Study as an example. Within the 520 pages of The Philadelphia Negro, the term leisure is mentioned 21 times. Recreation as a term is used 19 times; and, 4) to identify how the integration of The Philadelphia Negro could impact or realign the field's history and master narratives and master concepts. What we are granted in leisure studies through the addition of The Philadelphia Negro as a foundational text is quite possibly the first sociological study, the first empirical study, the first large sample study, and the first mixed methods designed study.

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Section: The Philadelphia Negro and The Incorporation Of A Historicalmentioning

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A People’s History of Leisure Studies: Old Knowledge, New Knowledge and The Philadelphia Negro as a Foundational Text

2017

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“…78 The underlying question turned around the value of life, and how age, in addition to race and gender, shaped beliefs about the lives considered worth saving.…”

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Knowledge of childhood: materiality, text, and the history of science – an interdisciplinary round table discussion

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Br J Hist Sci

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This roundtable discussion takes the diversity of discourse and practice shaping modern knowledge about childhood as an opportunity to engage with recent historiographical approaches in the history of science. It draws attention to symmetries and references among scientific, material, literary and artistic cultures and their respective forms of knowledge. The five participating scholars come from various fields in the humanities and social sciences and illustrate historiographical and methodological questions at a range of examples: Topics include the emergence of children's rooms in US consumer magazines; research on the unborn in nineteenth century sciences of development; the framing of autism in nascent child psychiatry; German literary discourses about the child's initiation in scripture; and the socio-politics of racial identity in the photographic depiction of African American infant corpses in the early twentieth century. Throughout the course of the paper, 2 childhood emerges as a topic particularly prone to interdisciplinary perspectives that consider the history of science part of a broader history of knowledge. TEXTWith the rise of the human sciences in the late nineteenth century, children became objects of empirical scientific investigation. A multitude of new disciplines, including paediatrics, child studies, child psychology, pedagogy, and ergonomics, inaugurated experimental and psychophysical exploration: the performance of children was measured with new technological devices such as the ergograph and the Ästhesiometer; the working of their minds analysed in drawings and toy-usage; their learning abilities assessed in laboratories and experimental settings; their behaviour disciplined through educational programs and ergonomically designed working environments. 1 This developing scientific and material culture focused on the child was mirrored, multiplied and countered in artistic, cultural and social discourses; be it in the booming genre of school-literature, reform pedagogical projects, or political agendas of 'Staatsbürgerliche Erziehung,' 2 knowledge about children figured centre stage in the public sphere. 3 The diversity of discourse and practice shaping modern knowledge about childhood makes childhood a test case for recent historiographical approaches and methodological discussions in the history of science. In particular, it lends itself to histories of knowledge that no longer conceptualize science as a distinct enterprise but rather as a cultural practice that does not necessarily differ fundamentally from other cultural practices, including literature, arts and even household activities. 4 However, approaching scientific and cultural practices as part of an interdisciplinary 3 history of knowledge poses particular methodological challenges. How do we deal, for instance, with a diverse set of analytic tools and how do we relate different forms of knowledge to each other? What kind of historical claims can be made on the basis of literary (i.e. fictional) texts and objects of...

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“…Since the early 20th century, many scholar-activists have decried the unjust treatment of people of color with respect to their health and well-being (Byrd & Clayton, 2000;DuBois, 1899;Quinn & Thomas, 2011;Srinivasan & Williams, 2014;Washington, 2008). Men of color, in particular, have worse health outcomes than their White counterparts (Braithwaite, Taylor, & Treadwell, 2009;Giorgianni et al, 2012;Jack & Griffith, 2013;Leigh, 2004;Thorpe, Richard, Bowie, LaVeist, & Gaskin, 2013).…”

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Am I My Brother’s Keeper? African American Men’s Health Within the Context of Equity and Policy

2014

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African American men's health has at times been regarded as irrelevant to the health and well-being of the communities where they are born, grow, live, work, and age. The uniqueness of being male and of African descent calls for a critical examination and deeper understanding of the psycho-socio-historical context in which African American men have lived. There is a critical need for scholarship that better contextualizes African American Male Theory and cultural humility in terms of public health. Furthermore, the focus of much of the social determinants of health and health equity policy literature has been on advocacy, but few researchers have examined why health-related public policies have not been adopted and implemented from a political and theoretical policy analysis perspective. The purpose of this article will be to examine African American men's health within the context of social determinants of health status, health behavior, and health inequalities-elucidating policy implications for system change and providing recommendations from the vantage point of health equity.

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The Philadelphia Negro: A Social Study

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A People’s History of Leisure Studies: Old Knowledge, New Knowledge and The Philadelphia Negro as a Foundational Text

A People’s History of Leisure Studies: Old Knowledge, New Knowledge and The Philadelphia Negro as a Foundational Text

Knowledge of childhood: materiality, text, and the history of science – an interdisciplinary round table discussion

Am I My Brother’s Keeper? African American Men’s Health Within the Context of Equity and Policy

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