Race Harmony and Black Progress: Jack Woofter and the Interracial Cooperation Movement

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Race HaRmony and Black PRogRess This page intentionally left blank Jack Woofter and the Interracial Cooperation Movement Mark Ellis Race Harmony and Black Progress IndIana UnIveRsIty PR ess Bloomington and Indianapolis This book is a publication of Indiana University Press office of scholarly Publishing Herman B Wells library 350 1320 east 10th street Bloomington, Indiana 47405 Usa iupress.indiana.edu Telephone orders 800-842-6796 Fax orders 812-855-7931© 2013 by mark ellis all rights reserved no part of this book may be reproduced or utilized in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying and recording, or by any information storage and retrieval system, without permission in writing from the publisher. The association of american University Presses’ Resolution on Permissions constitutes the only exception to this prohibition. The paper used in this publication meets the minimum requirements of the american national standard for Information sciences—Permanence of Paper for Printed library materials, ansI Z39.48-1992. manufactured in the United states of america library of congress cataloging-in-Publication data ellis, mark, [date]Race harmony and black progress : Jack Woofter and the interracial cooperation movement / mark ellis. pages cm Includes bibliographical references and index. IsBn 978-0-253-01059-9 (cl : alk. paper) — IsBn 978-0-253-01066-7 (eb) 1. Woofter, Thomas Jackson, 1893-1972. 2. alexander, Will Winton, 1884-1956. 3. Jones, Thomas Jesse, 1873-1950. 4. odum, Howard Washington, 1884-1954. 5. commission on Interracial cooperation. 6. southern states—Race relations—History—20th century. 7. african americans—southern states—social conditions—20th century. 8. sociologists—United states—Biography. I. title. e185.98.W66e55 2013 301.092—dc23 [B] 2013019196 1 2 3 4 5 18 17 16 15 14 13 In Memory of Josephine Ellis and Kathleen Ellis This page intentionally left blank ...