SEQUENCE OF IDEAS I. THE RACIAL BASIS OF CIVILIZATION....INTRODUCTION 2. RACE MIGRATIONS AND INTERMINGLINGS. CHAPS. I-III 3. CIVILIZATIONS THAT HAVE PERISHED THROUGH CONTACT WITH COLORED RACES 4. CIVILIZATIONS THAT ARE IMPERILED THROUGH CONTACT WITH COLORED RACES ... .CHAPS. IV-VII .......CHAPS. VIII-IX 5. THE CIVILIZATION THAT HAS SURVIVED 6. PROBLEMS OF CIVILIZATION IN CONTACT WITH COLORED RACES.. 7. SOLUTION OF THE PROBLEMS OF CIVILIZA CHAPS. XI-XII TION IN CONTACT WITH COLORED RACES. CHAPS. XIII-XV THE NEGRO IN RELATION TO PROGRESSIVE CIVILIZATION CONCENTRATION, TRANSPORTATION AND DIS APPENDIX I TRIBUTION OF NEGRO IMMIGRANTS.....APPENDIX II PREFACE Because of its nature, a race problem admits of but one or the other of two forms of solution. To solve the problem, the races concerned must be separated or amalgamated. As long as they dwell together, there will be a race problem. Remedial measures may be instituted for the purpose of reducing race friction, and adjustments more or less satisfactory may be made, but the problem will continue as long as the races are in contact. The student of the American negro problem (which is but a segment of a world-wide color problem) may approach the subject from two angles. He may seek to assuage race friction; or he may seek to solve the negro problem. The following pages constitute a study of the negro problem with the latter purpose in view. Remedial measures tending to assuage race friction are, of course, desirable and may be necessary, but they leave the student where he begins-with a race problem still on his hands. What is needed in regard to the three-century-old American negro problem is a permanent solution; not a temporary adjustment. With a solution of the problem, the United States will be free to develop as a white nation unhindered by the presence of the increasing millions of Africans. within her borders. Without such a solution, America is to be burdened with a negro problem forever, or until such time as the races become amalgamated and the future American a negroid. By reason of the unusual circumstance attendant upon the securing of the data herein presented, it may be expedient to relate the manner and extent of the research. The writer's interest in the American negro problem dates back to the last year of his student course at Vanderbilt University. Then for three years at the University of Chicago, his time was given to a study of the American problems of color and to preparation for the making of a study of the world-wide color problems with the purpose of bringing to bear upon the American problems information obtained from a study of the white race in contact with colored races throughout the world. This new field of research appeared to offer much of practical advantage to the American student, for the white race has been in contact with colored races during six thousand years of authentic history, and there are at the present time, some thirteen white nations with the negro problem to solve. The purpose of the writer was fourfold: (1) to observe the ethnic traits of the colored races; (2) to compare the negro policies of other white nations; (3) to study the independent negro governments; (4) to seek to discern the results upon the white race and its institutions of its centuries of contact with colored races. It is the last named purpose which is embodied in the present thesis. Having prepared to make an investigation of the worldwide color problem, the writer set about securing financial aid in furthering his plan. He applied to many institutions for aid. He enclosed with the applications a general statement of the gravity of our negro problem and the rich field for research beyond America offering enlightenment upon our problem, together with testimonials, given by two of his professors-men of high scholastic standing. efforts to secure funds for the proposed investigation failed. A few of the institutions approached were practically in All |