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''The Southern Workman,'' Vol XLIII. Hampton, Va: The Press of the Hampton Normal and Agricultural, 1915 | [1] ''The Southern Workman,'' Vol XLIII. Hampton, Va: The Press of the Hampton Normal and Agricultural, 1915 | ||
Edwin Black, ''War Agains the Weak: Eugenics and America's Campaign to Create a Master Race,'' Thunder's Mouth Press, 2004. | [2] Edwin Black, ''War Agains the Weak: Eugenics and America's Campaign to Create a Master Race,'' Thunder's Mouth Press, 2004. | ||
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Back to [[The Race Betterment Foundation]] | Back to [[The Race Betterment Foundation]] | ||
Latest revision as of 12:22, 29 April 2009
- held January 8-12, 1906 in Battle Creek, Michigan
- objectives included:
- promoting the segregation or sterilization of defectives
- promoting outdoor life, open air schools and playgrounds, temperance in diet, and rural living
- encouraging eugenic marriages by requiring medical certificates before granting licenses
- establishing a eugenics registry in order to facilitate the creation of a race of human thoroughbreds
- notable attendees:
- Kellogg
- Davenport
- Laughlin
Sources
[1] The Southern Workman, Vol XLIII. Hampton, Va: The Press of the Hampton Normal and Agricultural, 1915
[2] Edwin Black, War Agains the Weak: Eugenics and America's Campaign to Create a Master Race, Thunder's Mouth Press, 2004.
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