Publications

Fiction and Nonfiction

In addition to his five novels, brought out between 1899 and 1908, Sutton Griggs published a large number of pamphlets [p] and book-length (50 pp. or more) nonfictional tracts [b], especially after he left Nashville for Memphis in 1913.

(More links/transcriptions are forthcoming)

FICTION

Imperium in Imperio. Cincinnati: Editor, 1899. http://etext.lib.virginia.edu/toc/modeng/public/GriImpe.html

Overshadowed. Nashville: Orion, 1901. [Published in two versions, one 217 pages and one 219 pages] https://archive.org/details/overshadowednove00grigrich

Unfettered. Nashville: Orion, 1902. https://archive.org/details/unfetterednovel00grigrich

The Hindered Hand; Or, The Reign of the Repressionist. Nashville: Orion, 1905. [Three Printings in 1905 and 1906] https://archive.org/details/hinderedhandorre00grigrich

Pointing the Way. Nashville: Orion, 1908. https://archive.org/details/pointingway00grigrich

NONFICTION

Whose Principles Shall Die--Vass' or Boyd's. Nashville: Orion[?], n.d. [p]

The New Plan of Battle and The Man on the Firing Line. Nashville: Orion, n.d. [1902] [p] npob&motfl001.pdf

The One Great Question: A Study of Southern Conditions at Close Range. Philadelphia: Orion, 1907. [b] https://archive.org/details/onegreatquestion00grigrich

Pulled from Shelter. Nashville: Orion, 1907. [p] pulledfromshelter.pdf

Needs of the South. Nashville: Orion, 1909. [p]

The Race Question in a New Light. Nashville: Orion, 1909. [p] TheRaceQuestionInANewLight.pdf

Wisdom's Call. Nashville: Orion, 1909-11. [b] https://archive.org/details/wisdomscall00grigiala

[Griggs incorporated material from his 1909 pamphlets into Wisdom's Call, multiple versions of which were published: 116pp. and 134pp. in 1909, 145pp. in 1910, 160pp. and 193pp. in 1911, and 259pp. including Beyond the End (see below) on pp. 195-259, available in November 1912.]

Beyond the End: Sequel to Wisdom’s Call. Nashville: Orion, 1911 (1912). Beyond the End

Thoughts for a New Era. Memphis: National Baptist Education Board, 1913. [p] Griggs Thoughts on a New Era.pdf

Building Our Own: A Plea for a Parallel Civilization. An Address by Sutton E. Griggs. Memphis: National Sentiment Moulding Bureau, 1913 or 1914. [p] Building Our Own.pdf

The Story of My Struggles. Memphis: National Public Welfare League, 1914. [p] The Story of my Struggles.pdf (Thanks to Hanna Wallinger for providing this transcription)

How to Rise. Memphis: National Public Welfare League, 1915. [b] http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=emu.010002407249;view=1up;seq=1

"How to Rise as a Race" [Excerpt from How to Rise], Fisk University News 6.6 (March 1916): 27-28. Griggs Excerpt Fisk University News.pdf

According to Law. Memphis: National Public Welfare League, 1916. [b] According to Law.pdf

Life’s Demands; Or, According to Law. Memphis: National Public Welfare League, 1916. [b] https://archive.org/details/lifesdemandsorac00grigiala

The Reconstruction of a Race. Memphis: National Public Welfare League, 1917. [b] The Reconstruction of a Race.pdf

The Negro and the South. Memphis: National Public Welfare League, 1920. [p]

The American Negro and Changed Conditions. Memphis: National Public Welfare League, 1920. [p]

The Science of Collective Efficiency. Memphis: National Public Welfare League, 1921. [b]

Light on Racial Issues. Memphis: National Public Welfare League, 1921. [b] http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uc2.ark:/13960/t9m32pj7g;view=1up;seq=3

Meeting the Great Test: Constructive Criticism of the Negro Race. Memphis: National Public Welfare League, 1922. [p] http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=nnc1.50066282;view=1up;seq=34

Stepping Stones to Higher Things. Memphis: National Public Welfare League, 1923.

Missing Links; Or, Unfolding the World's Greatest Mystery. Memphis: National Public Welfare League, 1923.

The Guide to Racial Greatness; Or, The Science of Collective Efficiency. Memphis: National Public Welfare League, 1923. [b] Guide to Racial Greatness.pdf Griggss Inscription in The Guide to Racial Greatness.jpg

The Negro’s Next Step. Memphis: National Public Welfare League, 1923. [b] TheNegrosNextStep.pdf

Negroes Steadily Recording Progress. Memphis: National Public Welfare League, 1924.

Kingdom Builder’s Manual: Companion to A Guide to Racial Greatness. Memphis: National Public Welfare League, 1924. [b] Kingdom Builders Manual.pdf

Why the Nation Does Not Handle the Race Question. Memphis: National Public Welfare League, 1924(?) [p] WhytheNationDoesNotHandle.pdf

Paths of Progress; Or, Co-operation Between the Races: A Series of Addresses and Articles. Memphis: National Public Welfare League, 1925. [b] Paths of Progress.pdf

Triumph of the Simple Virtues; Or, The Life Story of John L. Webb. Hot Springs: Messenger, 1926. [b] Triumph of Simple Virtues.pdf

The Winning Policy. Memphis: National Public Welfare League, 1927. [p]

Basis of Hope for the Negro in the South. Memphis: National Public Welfare League, 1929. [p]

Co-operative Natures and Social Education: A Philosophy of Civic Life. Memphis: National Public Welfare League, 1929. [b] Cooperative Natures.pdf

Proper Approach to the Race Question in the South. Memphis: National Public Welfare League, 1929. [p] (See the images below)

Plan for Solving the Race Problem. Memphis: National Public Welfare League, 1929. [p]

Friction Between the Races: Cause and Cure. Memphis: National Public Welfare League, 1930. [p] http://web.archive.org/web/20081009023443/http://etext.lib.virginia.edu/toc/modeng/public/GriFric.html

The Nation's New Policy Toward the Negro. Memphis: National Public Welfare League, n.d. Nations New Policy Toward the Negro.pdf

Facts about the Republican Party. [Republican National Committee, 1932]. [p] https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B7WDBszFck-zUXU2SG9YdFhhWUVZcFNMVzVxMjVnRHJxRDhR

Amending the American System of Education. n.p., n.d.

Bridging the Chasm. n.p., n.d.

Understanding the American Race Problem. n.p., n.d.

The Universal Code. n.p., n.d.