- Race Relations and the Black Urban Poor (1951)
- The Life and Times of Martin Luther King, Jr. (1968)
- Black Studies in the United States: A Survey of the Literature (1973)
- The Black Presence in the American Novel: A Study in Racial Stereotyping (1977)
- Critical Essays on W.E.B. Du Bois (1986)
- The Souls of Black Folk: One Hundred Years Later (1992)
Articles
- "The Racial Stereotype and Social Science" (1944)
- "Some Origins of Racial and Ethnic Stratification in the United States" (1949)
- "The Impact of Segregation and Discrimination on the Political Behavior of the Negro" (1954)
- "The Rise and Fall of the Civil Rights Movement" (1968)
- "Black Power: A Definition" (1968)
- "The State of the Black Community: A Social Science Perspective" (1970)
- "The Black Intellectual: A Historical Perspective" (1973)
- "The Black Church and the Black Community: A Historical Perspective" (1980)
- "The Black Family in the United States: A Historical Perspective" (1984)
- "The Afrocentric Movement: A Critical Perspective" (1989)
Other Writings
- "A Report on the Negro People of Montgomery, Alabama: A Social Science Study" (1943)
- "Report of a Sociological Study of the Negro People of Philadelphia" (1945)
- "The Negro in New York City: A Social Science Study" (1946)
- "The Economic Conditions of the Negro in the United States: A Social Science Study" (1947)
- "The Negro in the United States: A Social Science Study" (1948)