This pathbreaking collection of intellectual biographies is the first to probe the careers of thirteen early African American anthropologists, detailing both their achievements and their struggle with the latent and sometimes blatant racism of the times. Invaluable to historians of anthropology, this collection will also be useful to readers interested in Black studies and biography. Includes entries on: Caroline Bond Day, Zora Neale Hurston, Louis Eugene King, Laurence Foster, W. Montague, Cobb, Katherine Dunham, Ellen Irene Diggs, Allison Davis, St. Clair Drake, Arthur Huff Fauset, William S. Willis Jr., Hubert Barnes Ross, Elliot Skinner.

Contributions by: Hubert Barnes Ross, Amelia Marie Adams, Lynne Mallory Wiliams, Gwendolyn Mikell, Ira E. Harrison, Yolanda Moses, Lesley M Rankin-Hill, Michael L Blakey, Joyce Aschenbrenner, A. Lynn Bolles, Dallas L Browne, Willie L Baber, Carole H Carpenter, Peggy Reeves Sanday, Cheryl Mwaria