In the 1920s, Rogers worked as a journalist on the Pittsburgh Courier and the Chicago Enterprise, and he served as the first black foreign correspondent from the United States. He believed that color prejudice generally evolved from. Rogers was a humanist who believed that there were no scientifically evident racial divisionsall humans belong to one race. A respected historian and gifted lecturer, Rogers was a close personal friend of the Harlem-based intellectual and activist Hubert Harrison. In Nature Knows No Color-Line, originally published in 1952, historian Joel Augustus Rogers examined the origins of racial hierarchy and the color problem. Rogers addresses issues such as the lack of scientific support for the idea of race, the lack of black history being told from a black person's perspective, and the fact of intermarriage and unions among peoples throughout history. Classic work of black study refuting scientific racismIn Nature Knows No Color-Line, originally published in 1952, historian Joel Augustus Rogers examines th. He was one of the greatest popularizers of African history in the twentieth century. Color-Line: Research into the Negro Ancestry in the White Race by J. He challenged prevailing ideas about race, demonstrated the connections between civilizations, and traced African achievements. (1919 Baltimore, MD: Black Classic Press, 1987) and Rogers, Nature Knows No. His research spanned the academic fields of history, sociology and anthropology. In Nature Knows No Color-Line, Rogers examined the origins of racial.
JOEL AUGUSTUS ROGERS (September 6, 1880-March 26, 1966) was a Jamaican-American author, journalist, and historian who contributed to the history of Africa and the African diaspora, especially the history of African Americans in the United States. Joel Augustus Rogers (September 6, 1880/3 March 26, 1966) was a Jamaican-American author.
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