in 1619 to the
present day. The topics are: _The Negro in Africa_, _The Enslavement
of the Negro_, _Slavery in its Mild Form_, _The Negro and the Rights
of Man_, _The Reaction_, _Economic Slavery_, _The Free Negro_,
_Abolition_, _Colonization_, _Slavery and the Constitution_, _The
Negro in the Civil War_, _The Reconstruction_, _Finding a way of
Escape_, _Achievements in Freedom_, _The Negro in the World War_, and
_The Negro and Social Justice_.

The aim of the author is to meet the long felt need of a book of
fundamental facts with references and suggestions for more intensive
study. While it is adapted for use in the senior high school and
freshman college classes, it will serve as a guide for persons
prosecuting the study more seriously.

Just as soon as this book has come from the press the Association will
send to all Negro schools of secondary and college grade a field agent
to interest them in the effort to inculcate in the mind of the youth
of African blood an appreciation of what their race has thought and
felt and done. The cooperation of all persons taking seriously the
effort to publish the records of the Negro that the race may not
become a negligible factor in the thought of the world, is earnestly
solicited. Any suggestions as to how this work may be more
successfully prosecuted and as to extending it into inviting fields,
will be appreciated.

Dr. W. E. B. DuBois and his coworkers are preparing a History of the
Negro in the World War to be published about October.

PROCEEDINGS OF THE SECOND BIENNIAL MEETING OF THE ASSOCIATION FOR THE
STUDY OF NEGRO LIFE AND HISTORY

The Association for the Study of Negro Life and History held its
second biennial meeting in Washington, D. C., on the 17th and 18th of
June. An effort was made to bring together for a conference all
persons interested in the study of Negro life and history and
especially to reach those who are giving instruction in these fields.
Accordingly there were present persons from all walks of life, some
coming even from distant points. The Association was honored by the
presence of Dr. J. Stanley Durkee and Dr. H. B. Learned.

In the absence of Dr. Robert E. Park, President of the Association,
Dr. J. E. Moorland, Secretary-Treasurer, presided. The first session
was an interesting one. Mr. C. H. Tobias delivered an instructive
address on "Negro Welfare Work during the World War." The address
covered in outline the efforts and achieve