Phil Zuckerman’s scientific contributions

... Although Gabbidon was unsuccessful in his attempt to prove that Atlanta predated Chicago, his intensive study on the ASL led him to conclude that Du Bois's accomplishments as director of the annual Atlanta University studies are sufficient for him to be rightfully designated the father of criminology and criminal justice studies. Phil Zuckerman (2000Zuckerman ( , 2002Zuckerman ( , 2004) expanded this literature a few years later when he argued that Du Bois's Atlanta University study on religion was the first purely sociological endeavor conducted in the United States and should be recognized accordingly in the literature. Although these studies are significant contributions to the body of knowledge on Du Bois, the ASL, and the history of the discipline, the most substantive and voluminous works on the ASL were produced immediately after Gabbidon's research. ...

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“An Earnest Desire for the Truth despite Its Possible Unpleasantness”: A Comparative Analysis of the Atlanta University Publications and American Journal of Sociology , 1895 to 1917