About Arthur F. Raper
Lived 1899 – 1979 (aged 79–80). Arthur F. Raper was an American sociologist.
Arthur Franklin Raper (8 November 1899 – 10 August 1979) was an American sociologist. He is best known for his research on lynching, sharecropping, and rural development.
Life and career Raper grew up in Davidson County, North Carolina and attended the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
In 1926, he worked for the Commission on Interracial Cooperation with Will W. Alexander in Atlanta, Georgia.
In 1939, he resigned after a furor over taking his students to visit the Tuskegee Institute. He exposed sharecropping as exploitative.
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Who was Arthur F. Raper?
American sociologist
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Arthur F. Raper was born in 1899.
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Arthur F. Raper died in 1979.
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Arthur F. Raper was a sociologist.
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Arthur F. Raper was American.
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