Ohio History Journal



188 THE OHIO HISTORICAL QUARTERLY

188    THE OHIO HISTORICAL QUARTERLY

 

Communication

TO THE EDITOR OF THE QUARTERLY:

In The Ohio Historical Quarterly of October 1957, I reviewed The Negro

in the United States: A Brief History, by Dr. Rayford W. Logan. It has

been brought to my attention that the sentence, "It is contended by some of

the author's immediate colleagues and also acknowledged by him that this

book was based on masters' theses under his guidance and written by stu-

dents of the department of history at Howard University," is susceptible

of misinterpretation.

It does not mean that some of his immediate colleagues had cast

aspersions upon his integrity; it does not mean that he had acknowledged

that they had done so; and it does not mean that students had participated

in the writing of the book.

Central State College                      PAUL MCSTALLWORTH