Earl Wright II is professor of sociology at Rhodes College.

“The Atlanta Sociological Laboratory was the first American school of sociology. Jim Crow Sociology recovers and chronicles that history, providing a needed correction to common accounts of sociology’s development in the United States. It tells the story of scholars excluded from the canon they helped create and stands as a testament to the tradition they established, one that continues to shape the field.” — B. Brian Foster, author of I Don’t Like the Blues: Race, Place, and the Backbeat of Black Life“Wright magnificently demonstrates how Southern Black sociology was distinct. It rejected the unproven and biased theories of scientific racism peddled by white sociologists. . . . Jim Crow Sociology is a major and welcome work explicating the Black origins of the sociological enterprise.”—Journal of African American History

Earl Wright II is professor of sociology at Rhodes College.

“The Atlanta Sociological Laboratory was the first American school of sociology. Jim Crow Sociology recovers and chronicles that history, providing a needed correction to common accounts of sociology’s development in the United States. It tells the story of scholars excluded from the canon they helped create and stands as a testament to the tradition they established, one that continues to shape the field.” — B. Brian Foster, author of I Don’t Like the Blues: Race, Place, and the Backbeat of Black Life“Wright magnificently demonstrates how Southern Black sociology was distinct. It rejected the unproven and biased theories of scientific racism peddled by white sociologists. . . . Jim Crow Sociology is a major and welcome work explicating the Black origins of the sociological enterprise.”—Journal of African American History

Earl Wright II is professor of sociology at Rhodes College.

“The Atlanta Sociological Laboratory was the first American school of sociology. Jim Crow Sociology recovers and chronicles that history, providing a needed correction to common accounts of sociology’s development in the United States. It tells the story of scholars excluded from the canon they helped create and stands as a testament to the tradition they established, one that continues to shape the field.” — B. Brian Foster, author of I Don’t Like the Blues: Race, Place, and the Backbeat of Black Life“Wright magnificently demonstrates how Southern Black sociology was distinct. It rejected the unproven and biased theories of scientific racism peddled by white sociologists. . . . Jim Crow Sociology is a major and welcome work explicating the Black origins of the sociological enterprise.”—Journal of African American History