@booklet {103, title = {"Dorlan{\textquoteright}s Plan. (Sequel to {\textquoteright}Unfettered{\textquoteright}.) A Dissertation on the Race Problem"}, howpublished = {Unfettered. A Novel}, year = {1902}, note = {

Rpt. New York: AMS Press, 1971.\ 

}, month = {1902}, pages = {217-76}, publisher = {Orion Publishing Co.}, address = {Nashville, TN}, abstract = {

Eutopia. Dorlan Warthall is an extremely wealthy African American who intends to use his wealth to help African Americans and the eutopia is presented as a fictionalized proposal for solving racial problems in the United States, which will be achieved by establishing an organization that will encourage and develop education, ownership of land, political rights, and better housing, among other things. Unfettered provides the background that makes the proposal possible. See also 1899 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)} } @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)} }