* A Short History of the American Negro (1919)
* The Negro in Literature and Art (1929)
* Social History of the American Negro (1921)
* A Social History of the American Negro: Being a History of the Negro Problem in the United States (1921)
* A New History of the American Negro (1928)
* Their History (1928)
* Negro Builders and Heroes (1937)
* Youth and What They Mean (1938)
* The History of Morehouse College (1935)
* A Short History of the American Negro (1919)
* The Negro Genius: A New Appraisal of the Achievement of the American Negro in Literature and the Fine Arts (1937)
Articles:
* "The Negro and the Race Problem" (1908)
* "The Negro in Literature" (1910)
* "The Negro in Art" (1911)
* "The Negro and Education" (1912)
* "The Negro and the Church" (1913)
* "The Negro in Politics" (1914)
* "The Negro and the Economic Problem" (1915)
* "The Negro and the Social Problem" (1916)
* "The Negro and the World War" (1919)
* "The Negro and the New Era" (1919)
Other Writings:
* Editor, The Crisis (1919-1920)
* Editor, Phylon: The Atlanta University Review of Race and Culture (1940-1942)
* Contributor, The Journal of Negro Education
* Contributor, The Negro History Bulletin