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were and fresh water from the Amazon River would be available. He is telling the Negro people they don’t have to move to northern states but need to have specialized skills and good work ethic to become a productive, valuable member of the southern society. To the white members in the audience, he is saying that one-third of the community is African American, they have been loyal for hundreds of years, and the Negro people should be hired for work. W.E.B Dubois was a critic of Washington, and…

separation. In this the Negros are not told to get up but they are immune and inclined to the process of self and group isolation. With both situations regarding public sitting rights, black men had to sacrifice their spot because colored men had no right and say in society with segregation. Another prevalent topic within Jim Crow laws is rights regarding colored men going on or near white property. In chapter 19 of To Kill a Mockingbird, Lee described the actions of a “respectable Negro”: “……

at one’s self through the eyes of others”. It is the “…two-ness of the two [American and “negro”] souls; two thoughts; two un-reconciled strivings” (DuBois 2—3). By constructing Matthew’s self-exile to Berlin, his transition to Chicago and his eventual relocation to the south in The Dark Princess, DuBois positions proletariat travel as a vehicle for delineating the identity conflict between Matthew’s “negro” and…

In his report “The Negro Family: The Case for National Action”, Moynihan stated that the root of the black family’s disorganization as being slavery and urbanization. To support his urbanization theory, Moynihan recalled what happen to Irish immigrant families when they moved…

long standing of class issue trace back to the denial of proper education. Connecting this the theme and theoretical perspective of Carter Godwin Woodson’s The Miseducation of the Negro, the mis-education leads to mental captivity that is driven by the “so-called modern education” does more harm than good to the Negro. James Anderson does an extraordinary job at…

of oppression and cases it to the fact that the Negro was not considered man or a person and ought to be dealt with as such in this article. He utilized investigative, historical, and biblical sources to make his contention. He argued that there is a typical lineage among different races of humanity, and in this manner people of all races should have the same benefits. He insisted that there is yearning among white researchers to separate the Negro race from each astute country in Africa; Egypt…

Washington’s death and “The Revolt of the Negro Intellectuals,” and the foundation of the Association of Negros by Carter G. Woodson. Frazier also had both a professional relationship and good friendship with Du Bois, as Frazier had conducted research on the socieconomics of blacks…

yard.” Also noted in document A Bob Ewell, Mayella’s father, thought people would think of him as a hero after the trial, but people still treated him the same. “He thought he’d be a hero, but all he got for his pain was... okay, we’ll convict this Negro but get back to your dump.” You can tell that the Ewells were not high up on the class system by looking at document C: “Ma’am vs. boy.” Mayella thought that Atticus was mocking her when he called her “ma’am” and “Miss Mayella.” Another way you…

After learning about the different trials and tribulations that the black community as a whole had to endure in the past to provide a better future for the next generation, I would say that the twenty-first century American Negro in 2016 are strong, confident, and intelligent black men and women who used their gifts to bring about positive change within their communities. They do not need to be highly educated to achieve these gifts, but the most important thing of all is that they have to have…

Mr. Washington distinctly asked that black people give up at least for the present three things. First political power, second, insistence on civil rights, third, higher education for Negro youth and concentrate all their energies on industrial education, and accumulation of wealth, and the conciliation of the south.” (Du Bois, 53) In the essay “Of the meaning of Progress” a related issue noted by Du bois, is when he went to the commissioner’s…