J.A. Rogers

Publications Rogers’ first publication, From Superman to Man, was published in 1917 and focused on “the stupidity of racism.” The book was so well received that is was recommended for reading in the original Constitution and By-Laws of Garvey’s Universal Negro Improvement Association and African Communities League. Dr. Hubert Henry Harrison (1883-1927), himself a brilliant […]

The Man And His Work Quote: “Ethiopians, that is, Negroes, gave the world the first idea of right and wrong and thus laid the basis of religion and all true culture and civilization.”–Joel Augustus Rogers Joel Augustus Rogers (1883-1966) was a world traveler, a prolific writer, an accomplished lecturer, and the first Black war correspondent.

This Work Is Dedicated To Dr. John Henrik Clarke Critical Assessments Of Joel Augustus Rogers Although Joel Augustus Rogers was largely self-trained, some of the most distinguished scholars of the twentieth century have acknowledged our debt to him. Dr. William E.B. DuBois (1868-1963), perhaps the greatest scholar in American history, wrote that, “No man living