Resurrecting Allison Davis in American Social Thought
by
David A. Varel
Language: English
Release Date: April 13, 2018
Allison Davis (1902–83), a preeminent black scholar and social science pioneer, is perhaps best known for his groundbreaking investigations into inequality, Jim Crow America, and the cultural biases of intelligence testing. Davis, one of America’s first black anthropologists and the first tenured...