Du Bois on Education

by Provenzo, Eugene F., Jr.

• ISBN13: 9780759102002
• ISBN10: 0759102007
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2002-04-23
• Publisher: AltaMira Press

Summary

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. Du Bois on Education corrects this oversight by collecting Du Bois's major writings on education in one volume. Eugene F. Provenzo, Jr. has given each of the twenty-two selections short introductions placing the pieces in their historical and critical contexts. Together these selections powerfully demonstrate Du Bois's commitment to racial educational equality and his contributions to educational thought.

Author Biography

Eugene F. Provenzo Jr. is professor of Teaching and Learning in the School of Education at the University of Miami, Florida

Table of Contents

Preface	ix
Introduction	1	(18)
Part One: Du Bois's Experience as a Student and Teacher	19	(30)
A Negro Schoolmaster in the New South	21	(10)
A Negro Student at Harvard at the End of the Nineteenth Century	31	(18)
Part Two: Du Bois on Education and Social Power	49	(44)
Of the Training of Black Men	51	(14)
The Training of Negroes for Social Power	65	(10)
The Talented Tenth	75	(18)
Part Three: Du Bois on Elementary and Secondary Education	93	(68)
The Freedman's Bureau	95	(16)
Heredity and the Public Schools	111	(12)
Negro Education	123	(10)
Does the Negro Need Separate Schools?	133	(12)
How Negroes Have Taken Advantage of Educational Opportunities Offered by Friends	145	(12)
Two Hundred Years of Segregated Schools	157	(4)
Part Four: Du Bois, Washington and the Hampton Model	161	(38)
Of Mr. Booker T. Washington and Others	163	(12)
Hampton	175	(4)
Education and Work	179	(20)
Part Five: Du Bois and Higher Education	199	(88)
Careers Open to College-Bred Negroes	201	(14)
Atlanta University	215	(18)
Gifts and Education	233	(2)
Negroes in College	235	(8)
The Negro College	243	(10)
The Future of Wilberforce University	253	(24)
The Future and Function of the Private Negro College	277	(10)
Part Six: Du Bois, Education and Literature	287	(20)
The New Education	289	(18)
Bibliography	307	(12)
Index	319	(10)
About the Editor	329