E. Franklin Frazier
American sociologist
Died when: 67 years 235 days (811 months)Star Sign: Libra
Edward Franklin Frazier (/ˈfreɪʒər/;September 24, 1894 – May 17, 1962), was an American sociologist and author, publishing as E.Franklin Frazier.
His 1932 Ph.D. dissertation was published as a book titled The Negro Family in the United States (1939); it analyzed the historical forces that influenced the development of the African-American family from the time of slavery to the mid-1930s.
The book was awarded the 1940 Anisfield-Wolf Book Award for the most significant work in the field of race relations.It was among the first sociological works on blacks researched and written by a black person.
In 1948 Frazier was elected as the first black president of the American Sociological Association.He published numerous other books and articles on African-American culture and race relations.
In 1950 Frazier helped draft the UNESCO statement The Race Question.Frazier wrote a dozen books in his lifetime, including The Black Bourgeoisie, a critique of the black middle class in which he questioned the effectiveness of African-American businesses to produce racial equality.
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