Moton, Robert Russa. What the Negro Thinks. First edition. Garden City, New York: Doubleday, Doran & Company, Inc., 1929. xii, 248 pp. 21 cm
Very good condition with black boards. The title on the spine is slightly rubbed, as shown. There is a dent on the front board, as pictured. The original dust jacket is slightly clipped, $2.50 price still present. Jacket has some wear and darkening throughout, the top of the jacket on the spine is slightly chipped (as shown).
First edition of Moton’s significant and often overlooked contribution to early 20th-century African American political and social thought. As successor to Booker T. Washington at Tuskegee Institute, Moton carried forward the philosophy of racial uplift through education, self-reliance, and diplomacy, while cautiously engaging with the civil rights struggles of the era. What the Negro Thinks reflects a transitional period in Black leadership, preceding the more radical tone of the Harlem Renaissance and civil rights movements to follow.
