Du Bois on Education

Du Bois on Education

by Eugene F. Provenzo (Editor)
Du Bois on Education

Du Bois on Education

by Eugene F. Provenzo (Editor)

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Overview

Although W. E. B. Du Bois was one of the most significant educational thinkers of the twentieth century, many are still unaware of his relevance in this field. DuBois on Education corrects this oversight by collecting Du Bois's major writings on education in one volume. Together these selections powerfully demonstrate Du Bois's commitment to racial educational equality and his contributions to educational thought.

Raised in poverty himself, Du Bois combined public education with determination to become the first African-American to receive a Ph.D. from Harvard. Yet he saw that education could be used to keep down as well as raise up. Arguing against Booker T. Washington and his accommodationist Hampton model, Du Bois called for a radical vision where a "Talented Tenth" of college educated blacks would lead African-Americans to their highest possibilities.

Eugene F. Provenzo, Jr. in detailed introduction traces Du Bois's life as a student and teacher, plus his fights for educational equality throughout his life. He has also given each of the twenty-two selections included in this volume short introductions placing the pieces in their historical and critical contexts.

Du Bois on Education is an important resource for classes in history, education, African-American studies, or for anyone wishing to understand the last 100 years of black American life and education.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781461666813
Publisher: AltaMira Press
Publication date: 04/23/2002
Sold by: Barnes & Noble
Format: eBook
Pages: 344
File size: 2 MB

About the Author

Eugene F. Provenzo, Jr. is a professor in the School of Education at the University of Miami. He is the author of a wide range of books on education, history and cultural studies.

Table of Contents

Chapter 1 Preface and Acknowledgements
Chapter 2 Introduction
Part 3 One: Du Bois's Experience as a Student and Teacher
Chapter 4 A Negro Schoolmaster in the New South
Chapter 5 A Negro Student at Harvard at the End of the 19th Century
Chapter 6 Two: Du Bois on Education and Social Power
Chapter 7 Of the Training of Black Men
Chapter 8 The Training of Negroes for Social Power
Chapter 9 The Talented Tenth
Part 10 Three: Du Bois on Elementary and Secondary Education
Chapter 11 The Freedman's Bureau
Chapter 12 Heredity and the Public Schools
Chapter 13 Negro Education
Chapter 14 Does the Negro Need Separate Schools?
Chapter 15 How Negroes Have Taken Advantage of Educational Opportunities Officered by Friends
Chapter 16 Two Hundred Years of Segregated Schools
Part 17 Du Bois, Washington and the Hampton Model
Chapter 18 Of Mr. Booker T. Washington and Others
Chapter 19 Hampton
Chapter 20 Education and Work
Part 21 Five: Du Bois and Higher Education
Chapter 22 Careers Open to College-Bred Negroes
Chapter 23 Atlanta University
Chapter 24 Gifts and Education
Chapter 25 Negroes in College
Chapter 26 The Negro College
Chapter 27 The Future of Wilberforce University
Chapter 28 The Future and Function of the Private Negro College
Part 29 Six: Education and Literature
Chapter 30 The New Education
Chapter 31 Bibliography
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