W. E. B. Du Bois

George Grant is one of the most unannounced, underrated person in African American History. Son of slaves, George Franklin Grant was the first African American Professor at Harvard University. In Oswego, New York; his hometown; Grants first job was working in a dental office as an errands boy, to then become a lab assistant. This job, later pushed/ influenced him to be a dentist becoming one of the first blacks to ever attend Harvard Dental School. Progressing, Grant received his dental…

Harlem Renaissance Writers “We Negro writers, just by being black, have been on the blacklist all our lives. Censorship for us begins at the color line” - Langston Hughes. During the 1900s, there was a lot of discrimination towards black people because of their skin colour. As a result,the “New Negro Movement started in Harlem, New York, which later on evolved into “The Harlem Renaissance.” It was an influential period for black writers such as Langston Hughes, poet of works such as “Harlem”…

He attempts to find himself, but he adopts other identities from his role models along the way. Hence, the narrator does not have a personal identity. His identity crisis is based on Du Bois’ double consciousness theory where he perceives himself through the eyes of the white power structure. He negatively perceives his fellow Brotherhood member Clifton because he chooses to sell Sambo Dolls. Yet, Clifton is determining his own fate by…

James Mercer Langston Hughes was born on February 1, 1902, in Joplin, Missouri. His parents, James Hughes and Carrie Langston soon separated after his birth. His father moved to Mexico and his mother moved around during his youth. Hughes was raised primarily by his grandmother, Mary, until she died in his teens. Hughes then went to live with his mother and they moved to several cities, but eventually were settled in Cleveland, Ohio. While in Cleveland, Hughes began to write poetry and was also…

Being the first African American to graduate from Harvard with a doctorate. He wasn’t one to experience the brutal conditions of slavery but Washington and himself had very different ideas on the topic of education and the economy. While Du Bois was more to the liberal studies side Washington was more interested that African American pursue an education in agriculture in business. Of course that I believe that men will be able to benefit more getting an education in business will be more…

In the essay “Enter The New Negro” by Alain Locke it takes place in a different time era; to specify that the new era of time was the “new negro” and the era that passed was the “old negro”. Locke explains how the New Negro came to be and also they started to fit in more with the present society in America. Locke talks about how the New Negro didn't become what they were overnight, but took a great amount of time in becoming what it currently is now for a large period of time. This was the time…

period of time to objectively remove problems caused by immigration, industrialization, corruption in the government, and urbanization. Many people had an influential effect during this era, such as Samuel Gompers, Theodore Roosevelt, Jane Addams, Susan B. Anthony, and so much more. But, out of all of these people, Booker T. Washington had one of the biggest influences on African Americans. This is because he opened a school for training other African American teachers, helped form the National…

W.E.B Dubois is broadly known because of the powerful impact of the book The souls of black folk. This book talks about the situation of African-Americans during his lifetime time. Dubois was distinguished for constructing the Niagara movement, this movement helped African-Americans protest against prejudice. W.E.B Dubois believed that black people should altercation against discrimination, he concluded that would eventually get the whites to change their ways. Booker T. Washington on the other…

William Edward Burghardt Du Bois Biography and His Contribution for Community Scholar and activist W.E.B. Du Bois was born on February 23, 1868, in Great Barrington, Massachusetts. He was an African-American civil rights activist, leader, Pan-Africanist, sociologist, educator, historian, writer, editor, poet, and scholar. W.E.B. Dubois was an intellectually gifted person and he is the first man of African descent to receive a PH.D from Harvard University.He wrote extensively and was the best…

The Western belief on colonization through the exploitation of the Africans or locals shows their belief on white supremacy and slaves. Amié Césaire’s “A Tempest,” exhibits the White man’s lack of acknowledging the developing tension between slaves and their masters. We are introduced Prospero, who is the white master of two slaves named Ariel and Caliban, portraying the white dominance over them. However, has the play progresses we see the development of Ariel and Caliban’s relationship with…