Sex and Race, Volume 3: Negro-Caucasian Mixing in All Ages and All Lands -- Why White and Black Mix in Spite of Opposition

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In the Sex and Race series, first published in the 1940s, historian Joel Augustus Rogers questioned the concept of race, the origins of racial differentiation, and the root of the "color problem." Rogers surmised that a large percentage of ethnic differences are the result of sociological factors and in these volumes he gathered what he called "the bran of history"--the uncollected, unexamined history of black people--in the hope that these neglected parts of history would become part of the mainstream body of Western history. Drawing on a vast amount of research, Rogers was attempting to point out the absurdity of racial divisions. Indeed his belief in one race--humanity--precluded the idea of several different ethnic races. The series marshals the data he had collected as evidence to prove his underlying humanistic thesis: that people were one large family without racial boundaries. Self-trained and self-published, Rogers and his work were immensely popular and influential during his day, even cited by Malcolm X. The books are presented here in their original editions. Cover SEX AND RACE Title Copyright CONTENTS REMARKS ON THE FIRST TWO VOLUMES OF SEX AND RACE THE WHY AND WHEREFORE OF VOLUME THREE I. MIXED MARRIAGES AS SEEN BY THE LAW—ANCIENT AND EARLY HISTORIC II. MIXED MARRIAGES AS SEEN BY THE LAW—OUR TIMES III. MIXED MARRIAGES AS SEEN BY THE WHITE SCIENTISTS IV. MIXED MARRIAGES AS SEEN BY THE POLITICIANS V. MIXED MARRIAGES AS SEEN BY THE CLERGY AND THE LAITY VI. MIXED MARRIAGES AS SEEN BY NEGROES VII. THE FOUR "LAWS" OF RACE-MIXING VIII. THE MIXING OF NEAR-WHITE AND BLACK IX. IS REJECTION OF THE NEGRO BY THE WHITE WOMAN SINCERE? X. DO NEGRO MEN GREATLY PREFER WHITE WOMEN TO NEGRO ONES? XI. WHICH ATTRACTS THE OTHER MORE STRONGLY, WHITE OR BLACK? XII. THE REAL PURPOSE BEHIND ANTI-MISCEGENATION LAWS XIII. WHICH IS MORE BEAUTIFUL, A WHITE SKIN OR A BLACK ONE? XIV. COLOR ATTRACTION AND HOMOSEXUALITY XV. WHICH IS MORE SEXUALLY COMPETENT, WHITE OR BLACK ANCIENT BACKGROUND OF THE QUESTION XVI. WHICH IS MORE SEXUALLY COMPETENT, WHITE OR BLACK? THE QUESTION TODAY XVII. SEX: ITS COSMIC PURPOSE AND FUNCTION XVIII. THE UNIVERSAL DECAY OF EMPIRES—FUNCTION OF THE UNDERMAN XIX. THE PSYCHOLOGIC AND COSMIC FORCES THAT LEAD WHITES TO SEEK BLACKS—EXPRESSIONS OF WHITE POETS XX. WHAT ARE THE WHITE MAN'S LANDS? IS THE UNITED STATES ONE OF THEM XXI. CAN A COUPLE APPARENTLY WHITE HAVE A BLACK BABY? XXII. CRITICISMS OF CURRENT RACIST VIEWS XXIII. THE NEED FOR GREATER VISION XXIV. INCOMPETENCY OF MAN'S KNOWLEDGE XXV. TWILIGHT OF THE BIGOTS APPENDIX Notes on Chapter XVII Scattered Notes on Sex and Race, Vol. I Scattered Notes on Vol. II Notes on Beethoven Mammy Pleasant Sources of the "Curse" of Ham on Negroes Notes on the Illustrations