 The per cent illiterate has decreased rapidly since 1890 when it was 57.1 per cent. Illiteracy among negroes is about seven times as common as among whites, and this ratio between the races has not altered materially in the last ten years. Illiteracy...  Some Phases of the Negro Question - Page 39by Charles Wesley Melick - 1908 - 91 pagesFull view - About this book
 | 1905 - 606 pages
...Between 1860 and 1900, Southern negroes increased 93'4 per cent. and Southern whites 134*9 per cent. Illiteracy among Southern negroes is more than four times that among Southern whites ; but the percentage of illiteracy is lower among negroes born since the Civil War. There are nearly... | |
 | United States Bureau of Census - African American - 1904 - 343 pages
...unable to read. The per cent illiterate has decreased rapidly since 1890 when it was 57.1 per cent. Illiteracy among negroes is about seven times as common...is more than four times that among southern whites. If the per cent of illiterates should fall in each succeeding ten years by as great an amount as it... | |
 | United States. Bureau of the Census - African Americans - 1904 - 360 pages
...unable to read. The per cent illiterate has decreased rapidly since 1890 when it was 57,1 per cent. Illiteracy among negroes is about seven times as common...is more than four times that among southern whites. If the per cent of illiterates should fall in each succeeding ten years by as great an amount as it... | |
 | 1904 - 914 pages
...Illiteracy among the negroes is about seven times as common as among whites throughout the country, and this ratio between the races has not altered materially in the last decade. Illiteracy among southern negroes is about four times as common as among southern white people.... | |
 | American Geographical Society of New York - Electronic journals - 1904 - 860 pages
...the whites. This difference is closely connected with the high birth and death rates of the negroes. Illiteracy among negroes is about seven times as common as among whites, and among southern negroes it is more than four times that among southern whites. The percentage of illiterates... | |
 | American Geographical Society of New York - Electronic journals - 1904 - 860 pages
...the whites. This difference is closely connected with the high birth and death rates of the negroes. Illiteracy among negroes is about seven times as common as among whites, and among southern negroes it is more than four times that among southern whites. The percentage of illiterates... | |
 | Almanacs - 1906 - 698 pages
...Ол„ 28,090. More than three-fourths \77-3 per cent.) of the negroes live in the conntry districts. Illiteracy among negroes is about seven times as common as among whites. There are 3,99*2,337 uegroes in Continental United States engaged iu gainful occupations. The death... | |
 | American Geographical Society of New York - Geography - 1904 - 910 pages
...the whites. This difference is closely connected with the high birth and death rates of the negroes. Illiteracy among negroes is about seven times as common as among whites, and among southern negroes it is more than four times that among southern whites. The percentage of illiterates... | |
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