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[The Georgia Negro] Income and expenditure of 150 Negro families in Atlanta, Ga., U.S.A.

W.E.B. Du Bois and Atlanta University students

Title: [The Georgia Negro] Income and expenditure of 150 Negro families in Atlanta, Ga., U.S.A.


Summary: Bar graph shows amount spent on rent, food, clothes, taxes, and other expenses by families in various income brackets.


Contributor Names: Du Bois, W. E. B. (William Edward Burghardt), 1868-1963.


Created / Published: [ca. 1900]


Subject Headings:

-  Exposition universelle--(1900 :--Paris, France)--Exhibitions & displays

-  African Americans--Economic & social conditions--Georgia--1890-1900

-  Cost & standard of living--1890-1900

-  Demography--1890-1900


Genre:

Graphs--1890-1900

Drawings--Color--1890-1900


Notes:

-  Title from LOT 11931, no. 1; part title from item.

-  Chart prepared by Du Bois for the Negro Exhibit of the American Section at the Paris Exposition Universelle in 1900 to show the economic and social progress of African Americans since emancipation.

-  The microfilm surrogate is available in the Prints & Photographs Reading Room.

-  Forms part of: Daniel Murray collection (Library of Congress).

-  Original materials filed in PR 12 under LOT 11931.


Medium: 1 drawing : ink, watercolor, and photographic print ; 710 x 560 mm (board)


Call Number/Physical Location: LOT 11931, no. 31


Repository: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA dcu http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print

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