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20: 278:, the 1957 English translation of a work first published in French in 1955, was a critical examination of the adoption by middle-class African Americans of a subservient conservatism. His book received "mixed reviews and harsh criticism from the black middle and professional class. Yet Frazier stood solidly by his argument that the black middle class was marked by conspicuous consumption, wish fulfillment, and a world of make-believe." 28: 256:
In his research and writing, Frazier adopted an approach that examined economic, political and attitudinal factors that shape the systems of social relationships. He continually pressed to find the "social reality" in any context he investigated. His stature was recognized by his election in 1948 as
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An Atlanta paper carried an editorial against Frazier's work, which indirectly publicized his article. Already planning to move to Chicago, Frazier and his family left Atlanta early because of severe threats made against them due to the controversy and hostility among whites generated by his article.
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Frazier's Race and Culture Contacts in the Modern World, published in 1957, explored the relations between the European and non-European races along four categories: ecological, economic, political, and social. The study argued that the economic expansion of Europe remained the most important factor
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during this period, from 1929 to 1934. That year he returned to Howard University, where he taught from 1934 until his death in 1962. After founding and leading the D.C. chapter of the American Sociological Association, Frazier was elected as its first black president in 1948. At Howard, Frazier was
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in 1894 as one of five children of James H. Frazier, a bank messenger, and Mary (Clark) Frazier, a homemaker. He attended the Baltimore public schools, which were legally segregated in those decades. Upon his graduation in 1912 from the Colored High and Training School in Baltimore (renamed in 1923
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Frazier died on May 17, 1962, age 67, in Washington, D.C. He has been ranked among the most important African Americans for his influence on institutions and practices to accept the demands by African Americans for economic, political and social equality in American life.
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underlying race relations. Likewise, it argued that the new regional power structure birthed out of the Cold War gave non-white peoples an increasingly important role in international affairs with the UN also acting as an arena for the struggles emergent in race relations.
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He graduated with honors from Howard in 1916. Frazier was a top scholar, pursuing Latin, Greek, German and mathematics. He also participated in extracurricular activities including drama, political science, the
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terms, he wrote that prejudice was "abnormal behavior," characteristic of "insanity," including dissociation, delusional thinking, rationalization, projection, and paranoia.
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Some of Frazier's writings generated controversy in the black community for their focus on the effects of slavery and how it divided the black family. During the
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for the most significant work in the field of race relations. It was among the first sociological works on Black people researched and written by a black person.
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Frazier's position emphasized African-American cultural developments as a process of accommodation to new conditions in the Americas. Frazier's
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the first black president of the American Sociological Association. "He was established as the leading American scholar on the
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Clark University created a chair and professorship in his name: The E. Franklin Frazier Chair and Professor of English.
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Howard University named its E. Franklin Frazier Center for Social Work Research after him.
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Confronting the Veil: Abram Harris Jr., E. Franklin Frazier, and Ralph Bunche, 1919–1941
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Frazier published eight books, 89 articles and 18 chapters in books edited by others.
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Poster from Office of War Information. Domestic Operations Branch. News Bureau, 1943
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Negro Youth at the Crossways: Their Personality Development in the Middle States
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Denise Velez, "E. Franklin Frazier and the pathology of race prejudice"
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The Free Negro Family: a Study of Family Origins Before the Civil War
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National Association of Social Workers Award for Black History Month
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The Sociology of Science: Theoretical and Empirical Investigations
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and was also recognized as a leading theorist on the dynamics of
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In 1948 Frazier was elected as the first black president of the
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Edward Franklin Frazier, "The Pathology of Race Prejudice",
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New Currents of Thought Among the Colored People of America.
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National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
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and author, publishing as E. Franklin Frazier. His 1932
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During his time at Clark, Frazier first began to study
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Frazier wrote a dozen books in his lifetime, including
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Presidents of the American Sociological Association
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/ˈfrʒər/
sociologist
Ph.D.
African-American
slavery
Anisfield-Wolf Book Award
American Sociological Association
UNESCO
The Race Question
black middle class
African-American businesses
Baltimore
Frederick Douglass High School
Howard University
historically black college
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
Intercollegiate Socialist Society
Clark University
Worcester, Massachusetts
sociology
African-American history
culture
Russell Sage Foundation
New York School of Social Work
Columbia University
Morehouse College
historically black institution
Atlanta

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