Education of Black People : Ten Critiques, 1906-1960

by Du Bois, W. E. B.; Aptheker, Herbert

• ISBN13: 9781583670439
• ISBN10: 1583670432
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2001-06-01
• Publisher: Monthly Review Pr

Summary

Undoubtedly the most influential black intellectual of the twentieth century and one of America's finest historians, W.E.B. DuBois knew that the liberation of the African American people required liberal education and not vocational training. He saw education as a process of teaching certain timeless values: moderation, an avoidance of luxury, a concern for courtesy, a capacity to endure, a nurturing love for beauty. At the same time, DuBois saw education as fundamentally subversive. This was as much a function of the well-established role of education from Plato forward as the realities of the social order under which he lived. He insistently calls for great energy and initiative; for African Americans controlling their own lives and for continued experimentation and innovation, while keeping education's fundamentally radical nature in view.Though containing speeches written nearly one-hundred years ago, and on a subject that has seen more stormy debate and demagoguery than almost any other in recent history, The Education of Black People approaches education with a timelessness and timeliness, at once rooted in classical thought that reflects a remarkably fresh and contemporary relevance.

Table of Contents

New Foreword	vii
Herbert Aptheker
Introduction	ix
PART I
Preface	19	(2)
The Hampton Idea (1906)	21	(12)
Galileo Galilei (1908)	33	(16)
The College-Bred Community (1910)	49	(12)
Diuturni Silenti (1924)	61	(24)
Education and Work (1930)	85	(26)
The Field and Function of the Negro College (1933)	111	(24)
The Revelation of Saint Orgne the Damned (1938)	135	(28)
PART II
Editor's Note	163	(6)
The Future of the Negro State University (1941)	169	(12)
The Future and Function of the Private Negro College (1946)	181	(12)
Whither Now and Why (1960)	193	(12)
Notes	205	(6)
Bibliography	211	(8)
Index	219