Howard Washington Odum
Howard Washington Odum was a white American sociologist and author who researched African-American life and folklore. Beginning in 1920, he served as a faculty member at the University of North Carolina, founding the university press, the journal Social Forces, and what is now the Howard W. Odum Institute for Research in Social Science, all in the 1920s. He also founded the university's School of Public Welfare, one of the first in the Southeast. With doctorates in psychology and sociology, he wrote extensively across academic disciplines, influencing several fields and publishing three novels in addition to 20 scholarly texts.
Negro workaday songs
"Negro Workaday Songs" by Howard Washington Odum and Guy Benton Johnson is a sociological study written in the early 20th century. This work serves as...
By Howard Washington Odum
Religious Folk-Songs of the Southern Negroes
"Religious Folk-Songs of the Southern Negroes" by Howard Washington Odum is a scholarly collection written in the early 20th century. This work explor...
By Howard Washington Odum