African-American Pioneers in Anthropology

Ira E. Harrison (1933-2020) was a professor emeritus of anthropology at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, and a founding member of the Association of Black Anthropologists. He was the coauthor of The Second Generation of African American Pioneers in Anthropology and coauthor of Ethnicity and the Health Belief Systems. Faye V. Harrison is a professor of African American studies and anthropology at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. Her books include Outsider Within: Reworking Anthropology in the Global Age.

"An invaluable volume that documents the courage, strength, and fortitude of the first African American scholars to explore the discursive terrain of anthropology. . . . A veritable treasure trove that every anthropologist needs on the shelf. . . . Put this book on your syllabus if you want to address the major theoretical developments and the legacy of racism and sexism and contributions to anthropology made by women and people of color." --Lee D. Baker, American Anthropologist "We owe the editors and contributors of African-American Pioneers in Anthropology a debt of gratitude for their contributions to racial diversity in anthropology, as well as to the anthropological study of race and racism. The scholarship displayed in the volume compels anthropologists to rethink their discipline's history and its current concerns."--Transforming Anthropology

• AcknowledgmentsIntroduction: Anthropology, African Americans, and the Emancipation of a Subjugated KnowledgeFaye V. Harrison and Ira E. Harrison            11. Caroline Bond Day: Pioneer Black Physical AnthropologistHubert B. Ross, Amelia Marie Adams, and Lynne Mallory Williams            372. Feminism and Black Culture in the Ethnography of Zora Neale HurstonGwendolyn Mikell            513. Louis Eugene King, the Anthropologist Who Never WasIra E. Harrison            704. Laurence Foster: Anthropologist, Scholar, and Social AdvocateYolanda Moses            855. W. Montague Cobb: Physical Anthropologist, Anatomist, and ActivistLesley M. Rankin-Hill and Michael L. Blakey            1016. Katherine Dunham: Anthropologist, Artist, HumanistJoyce Aschenbrenner            1377. Ellen Irene Diggs: Coming of Age in Atlanta, Havana, and BaltimoreA. Lynn Bolles            1548. Across Class and Culture: Allison Davis and His WorksDallas L. Browne            1689. St. Clair Drake: Scholar and ActivistWillie L. Baber            19110. Arthur Huff Fauset, Campaigner for Social Justice: A Symphony of DiversityCarole H. Carpenter            21311. Skeletons in the Anthropological Closet: The Life and Work of William S. Willis Jr.Peggy Reeves Sanday            24312. Hubert B. Ross, the Anthropologist Who WasIra E. Harrison            26513. The Continuing Dialogue: The Life and Work of Elliot Skinner as Exemplar of the African-American/African DialecticCheryl Mwaria            274Notes on Contributors            293