@booklet {9, title = {Imperium in Imperio}, year = {1899}, note = {

Rpt. New York: Arno Press and The New York Times, 1969, with a \“Preface by Hugh M. Gloster (iii-viii); with the subtitle, A Study of the Negro Race Problem. New York: Arno Press, 1969; and with a \“Preface\” by A.J. Verdelle (vii-xiii), an \“Introduction\” by Cornel West (xv-xvii), \“Chronology of the Precocious Sutton E. Griggs\” (xix-xx), and a \“Reading Group Guide\” ([179-81]). New York: The Modern Library, 2003; and in Black Sci-Fi Short Stories: An Anthology of New \& Classic Stories (London: Flame Tree Publishing, 2021), 157-232.\ 

}, month = {1899}, publisher = {Editor Publishing Company}, address = {Cincinnati, OH}, abstract = {

Eutopia. Black state in Texas called Imperium in Imperio with a government parallel to the U. S. government, although with some structural differences. Mostly on the problems of African-Americans and conflict among them over the use of violence, but there is some on the new government. This has long been considered the first utopia by an African-American author, and within a narrow definition of utopia, it still is. See also 1902 Griggs. Griggs wrote other works, both fiction and nonfiction, discussing the plight of African Americans. His fiction includes Overshadowed. A Novel. Nashville, TN: The Orion Pub. Co., 1901. Rpt. New York: AMS Press, 1973 which documents the mistreatment of Negroes by Anglo-Saxons in the U. S., The Hindered Hand: or, The Reign of the Repressionist. Nashville, TN: The Orion Pub. Co., 1905. The 3rd ed. rev. Illus. Robert E. Bell. Nashville, TN: The Orion Pub. Co., 1905; rpt. New York: AMS Press, 1969 which includes a positive description of the colonization of Africa by freed slaves; and Pointing the Way. Nashville, TN: The Orion Publishing Co., 1908. The novel includes a depiction of the treatment of Negroes, the beginnings of a movement joining both blacks and whites, and the argument before the U.S. Supreme Court for the enfranchisement of blacks. The nonfiction includes The One Great Question: A Study of Southern Conditions at Close Range. Philadelphia, PA/Nashville, TN: The Orion Publishing Co., 1907 (58 pp.); Wisdom\’s Call. Nashville, TN: The Orion Publishing Co., 1911; How to Rise. Memphis, TN: National Public Welfare League, [1915] (72 pp.); Light on Racial Issues. Memphis, TN: National Public Welfare League, [1921] (62 pp.); According to Law. Memphis, TN: National Public Welfare League, 1916; The Reconstruction of a Race. Memphis, TN: National Public Welfare League, 1917 (62 pp.); Life\’s Demands or According to Law. Memphis, TN: National Public Welfare League, [1916] (122 pp.); rev. Memphis, TN: National Public Welfare League, 1917 (170 pp.); The Guide to Racial Greatness or the Science of Collective Efficiency. Memphis, TN: National Public Welfare League, 1923; Kingdom Builders\’ Manual. Companion Book to Guide to Racial Greatness. Memphis, TN: National Public Welfare League, 1924.\ 

}, keywords = {African American author, Male author}, author = {Sutton E[lbert] Griggs (1872-1933)} }