Quote of the day
The modern mind is in complete disarray. Knowledge has stretched itself to the point where neither the world nor our intelligence can find any foot-hold. It is a fact that we are suffering from nihilism.
Kelly Miller
Born: July 18, 1863
Died: December 29, 1939 (aged 76)
Bio: Kelly Miller was an African-American mathematician, sociologist, essayist, newspaper columnist, author, and an important figure in the intellectual life of black America for close to half a century.
Known for:
- Out of the house of bondage (1914)
- The Negro in the new reconstruction (1919)
- Splintered