LeConte was the son of a former slave-owner in Georgia and president of the Society for the Advancement of Science. In response to the question of what is to be

A reasoned assessment of the situation of Blacks in the U.S. and the common responsibility of North and South for creating and solving America's "race problem."

A Solution of the Race Problem in the South is a thought-provoking work on race relations in the southern United States. Simmons proposes a radical solution to