Educated Negro

Washington was an educated man who gave his life to promote the education of blacks, and believed strongly that education was the first step to acceptance. ... His school started a movement to educate blacks, because Booker T. felt that no black person should be given the franchise until he was educated. ... Dubois felt that educated black people should be given full access to all aspects of American life. ... Wells Barnett agreed wholeheartedly with Dubois, saying "Does the Negro object to industrial education? ... Before blacks were given the right to vote, they must be educated. ...

• Word Count: 985
• Approx Pages: 4
• Grade Level: High School

Between 1890 and 1910 the population of Negroes in New York tripled, causing black neighborhoods to overflow. ... Here Negro merchants ply their trade; Negro professional men follow their various vocations; their children are educated; the poor, sick and orphans of the race are cared for; churches, newspapers, and banks flourish..." ... And their talents did not go unrecognized, soon many Negro performers were being offered jobs on a larger scale, some even went as far as to Hollywood. ... These leaders provided a stage for all Negroes to play, dance, write, paint, and sing upon. .....

• Word Count: 1987
• Approx Pages: 8
• Grade Level: High School

The idealistic image of the New Negro was developed by Alain Locke. ... To shed that image of the Old Negro, who was accepting, it was necessary to strive towards becoming the New Negro. (Locke, 962) That meant to be educated, intellectual, self-determined and individualistic. ... (Locke, 589) He thus used the recent European interest in everything Negro to stress that, if white people took an interest in black art, it would be the Negro's duty to do the same. ... As the New Negro as such had no biological bond or even authentical understanding of African art, saw Locke it as necessary th...

• Word Count: 1285
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Some of these works include " The Mis-Education of the Negro man", " The Negro as a businessman" and "The story of a Negro Retold". ... Woodson (1875-1950) wrote, "The Mis-Education of the Negro". He was educated at the University of Paris (the most prestigious college in the world today) which alone gives him great credibility the vast majority of people. ... Woodson wrote "The Mis-Education of the Negro," after his great contemplation on the reasoning behind why well educated Negro's lack substance in society. ... Woodson's book, "the Mis-Education of the Negro"....

• Word Count: 535
• Approx Pages: 2
• Grade Level: High School

The Book of Negroes, by Lawrence Hill, is a story about an African woman named Aminata and her journey, all while living through slavery. ... However, Aminata stands out from the other slaves; she was educated and possessed many skills. ... In a decree made by King Louis XIV of France, he says: "There is nothing that contributes more to the development of the colonies and the cultivation of their soil than the laborious toil of the Negroes. " (Gupta 149). ... She was used as a scribe and wrote the Book of Negroes. ...

• Word Count: 1205
• Approx Pages: 5
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

He stated that it is only in the South that "a negro is given a man's chance in the commercial world," that the Negro race can only succeed until they learn dignity from menial farm labor. He supported the idea that a "negro can only survive through submission," that social equality cannot be achieved through assertiveness, but rather by earning it. ... He encouraged blacks to become educated and to work in agriculture and industry, to accept their second-class status in American society. ... Washington called for Negroes to give up higher education and politics in order to concentrate on...

• Word Count: 726
• Approx Pages: 3
• Grade Level: High School

A significant moment in my educational journey regarding reading for writing occurred during my senior year in African American History class when my football coach and then teacher challenged me to educate myself better through words by reading the Mis-education of the Negro. The novel the Mis-Education of the Negro was a challenging read, but it taught me valuable life lessons about being a young black man in America. ... The book mentions how in the past African-Americans have been mis-educated based on training and how the educated Negro has inherited his religion from the early white Met...

• Word Count: 501
• Approx Pages: 2

One quote was good to me "We the darker ones come even now not altogether empty-handed: there are to-day no truer exponents of the pure human spirit of the Declaration of Independence than the American Negroes; there is no true American music but the wild sweet melodies of the Negro slave; the American fairy tales and Indian and African, and, all in all, we men seem the sole oasis of simple faith and reverence in a dusty desert of dollars and smartness. ... This book did a good job of illustrating the world of both the educated and non-educated African Americans, and how in many instances educ...

• Word Count: 488
• Approx Pages: 2
• Grade Level: High School

He was a boy of Senegal, educated in France, involved in Euro-African culture and intellectually able to make a carrier on both continents. ... As a writer and poet, Senghor was able to explain the traditions of Africa and describe the value of the African culture of the Negroes. ... According to Senghor, the Negro is intuitive, whereas the European is more Cartesian. ... Senghor said: "Emotion is Negro--Reason is Greek. ...

• Word Count: 333
• Approx Pages: 1