A Profile of the Negro American by Pettigrew, Thomas F - 1964

Van Nostrand, 1964. Soft cover. Good/No Jacket. 5" X 8. p/b 250 pages, condition is good, the flyleaf has been removed. In this significant book, Thomas Pettigrew presents a lucid report on the Negro American at mid-century. He provides a many-sided view of him-his personality, his genetic composition, his mental and physical health, his intelligence his crime rate, and his current protest. This volume offers new insights, both social and psychological, into one of the United States' major problems. If Negroes had not accepted American society, if they had not adopted the larger group's values and aspirations, the pattern of discrimination would not have such a demoralizing effect. The frustration comes of his accepting as valuable all that the rest of America treasures, but being held back from achieving the very goals for which society urges all citizens to strive. The development of this central theme is one of the author's unique and theoretical contributions to this book. In the course of his penetrating investigations, Professor Pettigrew discusses the popular prejudices, myths, ideas and fallacies concerning the Negro American today. Extensively researched and documented, this volume contains references to 565 books, articles, and studies.