Bigoraphy:

Born– August 15, 1866, in Iredell County, N.C. Parents– Alexander and Eliza (Hobbs) Work. Married– Florence Evelyn Hendrickson. Education– Chicago Theological Seminary, Ph.B., 1902; University of Chicago, A.M., 1903. Worked at Georgia State Industrial College, 1903-1908; Division of Records and Research, Tuskegee Institute, 1908-. Founded and edited Negro Year Book, 1912-. Member– American Sociological Congress, International Institute of African Languages and Cultures, Southern Sociological Congress, National Council of the National Economic League, Republican Party. Awarded D. Litt., Howard University, 1943. First Black author to publish in American Journal of Sociology, 1901.

Source:

Who’s Who of the Colored Race; Who was Who in America, Vol. 2.

Publication(s):

A Bibliography of the Negro in Africa and America. New York; H.W. Wilson, 1928.

Negro Year Book; an Annual Encyclopedia of the Negro, 1912-. Tuskegee, Ala.; Tuskegee Institute, 1912-.