Memorandum of the proposed organization of the editorial staff

Du Bois, W. E. B. (William Edward Burghardt), 1868-1963 · [1939]

Expressing Du Bois's concept of the nature of the editorial board of the Encyclopedia of the Negro, for which it is more important that the board be made up of experts in their fields than if they follow strict policies. Du Bois also presents the positions he and Alvin Johnson discussed for the board, including: Editor-in-chief, Associate Editor, and seven Assistant editors in the fields of Africa and anthropology, History and sociology, Economics, West Indies, South America and Asia, Education and religion, Literature and art, and Biography.