Black sociology developed as a response to mainstream, white sociology’s failures to address the condition of Black people in the Unites States. Central to the practice of Black sociology is that it necessitates sociological work be used, where possible, for the benefit of Black people. The contemporary practice of public sociology has similar aims of bringing sociological knowledges to various publics to address their particular issues. The public sociology literature, though, fails to conceptualize or articulate praxes of public sociology that are constructed to address the unique needs of various communities. Using the biography of the little-known Black, queer sociologist Augustus Granville Dill (1881–1956) as a case study, the authors conceptualize a practice of Black public sociology as one of many public sociologies. Like Black sociology before, Black public sociology is a rearticulation of established sociological practice that centers on Black people and Black communities. Using the most comprehensive biography of Dill published to date, the authors examine how he transitioned from knowledge producer to knowledge disseminator via the practice of Black public sociology. This article, then, serves to highlight a Black, queer foreparent of the discipline and to use his forgotten story to inform the practice of contemporary public sociology.

黑人社会学的发展是对主流白人社会学未能解决美国黑人状况的回应。黑人社会学实践的核心是，它有必要在可能的情况下为黑人的利益使用社会学工作。公共社会学的当代实践具有将社会学知识带给各个公众以解决其特殊问题的相似目标。但是，公共社会学文献未能概念化或阐明为解决各个社区的独特需求而构建的公共社会学问题。作者以鲜为人知的黑人酷儿社会学家奥古斯都·格兰维尔·迪尔（Augustus Granville Dill，1881-1956年）的传记作为案例研究，将黑人公共社会学的实践概念化为许多公共社会学之一。像以前的黑人社会学一样，黑人公共社会学是对以黑人和黑人社区为中心的既定社会学实践的重新诠释。利用迄今为止出版的最全面的迪尔传记，作者研究了他如何通过黑人公共社会学的实践从知识生产者转变为知识传播者。然后，本文旨在突出布莱克这一学科的奇异先例，并利用他被遗忘的故事来指导当代公共社会学的实践。作者研究了他如何通过黑人公共社会学的实践从知识生产者转变为知识传播者。然后，本文旨在突出布莱克这一学科的奇异先例，并利用他被遗忘的故事来指导当代公共社会学的实践。作者研究了他如何通过黑人公共社会学的实践从知识生产者转变为知识传播者。然后，本文将重点介绍布莱克这个学科的奇异先驱，并利用他被遗忘的故事来指导当代公共社会学的实践。