Mar 25, 2021 - Sale 2562

Sale 2562 - Lot 215

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Estimate: $ 600 - $ 900
(EDUCATION.) Papers of African American Studies scholar James A. Moss. Thousands of pages in 3 boxes (3 linear feet) plus 2 oversized items; generally minor wear. Vp, bulk 1945-90
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James Allen Moss (1920-1990) had a long and distinguished academic career: a graduate of Fordham University, with a PhD from Columbia, he held administrative roles at the City University of New York and the State University of New York at Buffalo, concluding his career at Adelphi University as a professor of Social Science and director of their African American Studies program.

This lot features typescripts of many of Moss's academic papers, such as his doctoral dissertation, "Utilization of Negro Teachers in the Colleges of New York State" (1957); "Open Neighborhoods: A Study of Community Response to Residential Integration in Schenectady" (1960), "A Study of the Potential Supply of Negro Teachers for the Colleges of New York State" (1961), "Racial Images Abroad and Making U.S. Policy" (1967), "Man Against Himself?" (1968), "In Defense of Black Studies" (1969), "Evaluation of African-American Dialogues" (1972); "Social Work Practice with Black Families" (1988); and "The Black Male: Hurling Oppression, Overcoming Anomie and Self-Hatred" (1988). His mother Marion Thompson Wright (1902-1962) was the first Black woman to receive a PhD in history, and was a editor with the Journal of Negro Education. Included here is Moss's 1989 lecture on their unusual relationship, "A Personal Perspective on my Mother, Dr. Marion Thompson Wright."

Also included are: the original poster artwork for a lecture he gave in Germany, "Education and Race Relations in the United States" (illustrated); several FBI background reviews from his applications for federal government work in the 1950s; 15 photographs, including one oversized portrait; a box containing thousands of slides (most apparently personal); personal correspondence; and other documents relating to his academic career.