The article I read was Charles Jarmon’s, “E. Franklin Frazier’s Sociology of Race and Class in Black America,” from the spring 2013 Edition of The Black Scholar. Jarmon’s article was found using the Infotrac College Edition database. The aim of the article was to observe the origins of Frazier’s sociology career in connection to Howard University, discuss his views on and contribution to understanding the socioeconomic situation of blacks in the United States, and lastly to discuss his view of the black middle class and black intellectuals.
A brief overview on Howard University serves as the opening of the article, beginning with a highlight of the school’s cultural diversity, passionate faculty, and his friendship with W.E.B Du Bois and going on to show their influence on Frazier’s career in sociology. The learning environment of Howard University has a melting pot of students from Asian, African-American, European, Latin, Jewish, and white backgrounds. The school focused on liberal arts and that was what Frazier earned a bachelor’s degree in from the University in 1916. Jarmon cites Frazier’s professors Kelly Miller, a scholar and low-level activist, as an influence on Frazier to enter the field of sociology, in addition to events occurring at the college circa the time he was graduating, such as: the upcoming …show more content…
Washington’s death and “The Revolt of the Negro Intellectuals,” and the foundation of the Association of Negros by Carter G. Woodson. Frazier also had both a professional relationship and good friendship with Du Bois, as Frazier had conducted research on the socieconomics of blacks
A brief overview on Howard University serves as the opening of the article, beginning with a highlight of the school’s cultural diversity, passionate faculty, and his friendship with W.E.B Du Bois and going on to show their influence on Frazier’s career in sociology. The learning environment of Howard University has a melting pot of students from Asian, African-American, European, Latin, Jewish, and white backgrounds. The school focused on liberal arts and that was what Frazier earned a bachelor’s degree in from the University in 1916. Jarmon cites Frazier’s professors Kelly Miller, a scholar and low-level activist, as an influence on Frazier to enter the field of sociology, in addition to events occurring at the college circa the time he was graduating, such as: the upcoming …show more content…
Washington’s death and “The Revolt of the Negro Intellectuals,” and the foundation of the Association of Negros by Carter G. Woodson. Frazier also had both a professional relationship and good friendship with Du Bois, as Frazier had conducted research on the socieconomics of blacks