Mixed Race Studies
Scholarly perspectives on the mixed race experience.
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The Physical Form of Mississippi Negroes American Journal of Physical Anthropology Volume 16, Issue 2 (October/December 1931) pages 193–201 DOI: 10.1002/ajpa.1330160213 Melville J. Herskovits (1895-1963), Professor of Anthropology and African Studies Northwestern University Vivian K. Cameron Harriet Smith During the years 1923 to 1927, research was carried on in an attempt to investigate the physical…
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Variability and Racial Mixture The American Naturalist Volume 61, Number 672 (Jan. – Feb., 1927) paages 68-81 Melville J. Herskovits (1895-1963), Professor of Anthropology and African Studies Northwestern University [Read a biographical memoir by Joseph C. Greenberg here.] [From Northwestern University: In 1948, Herskovits founded the Program of African Studies (PAS) at Northwestern, the first…