Summary: https://s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/presidential-academy/Session+25+Morel.mp3 Focus What did Washington believe were the most urgent priorities for blacks at the close of the 19th century? On what issues was Washington prepared to compromise and why? What were the goals of Washington's program and how did these differ from the recommendations of W.E.B. Du Bois? Why does Du Bois seek to "conserve" the races? How would "the conservation of the races" help the future of the Negro race as well as the future of world civilization? What principles of the American regime appear to run counter to Du Bois's emphasis on "race organizations" and "race solidarity"? What does Du Bois mean by the "talented tenth"? Compare Washington and Du Bois on the purpose of education. Readings: Booker T. Washington: Brotz, African-American Social and Political Thought, 1850-1920 "The Educational Outlook in the South" (July 16, 1884), 351-356 "Atlanta Exposition Address" (September 18, 1895), 356-359 "Democracy and Education" (September 30, 1896), 362-371 "A Sunday Evening Talk" (February 10, 1895), 508-515 "To J.R. Barlow" (March 1, 1911), 608-609 Du Bois: Brotz, African-American Social and Political Thought, 1850-1920 "The Conservation of Races" (1897), 483-492 "The Talented Tenth" (1903), 518-533 Du Bois, W.E.B. Du Bois: Writings–Souls of Black Folk (1903) "The Forethought" "Of Our Spiritual Strivings" "Of Mr. Booker T. Washington and Others" "Of the Training of Black Men" Du Bois, W.E.B. Du Bois: Writings–The Crisis "An Open Letter to Woodrow Wilson"(March 1913) "Another Open Letter to Woodrow Wilson"(April 1913) Supplemental/Optional Readings: Booker T. Washington: Washington, Up From Slavery (1901), chap. 3, "The Struggle for an Education" Washington, "Address on Abraham Lincoln," (February 12, 1909) Louis Harlan, "Booker T. Washington in Biographical Perspective" (October 1970), 1581-1599 Fairclough, Better Day Coming, chap. 3 W.E.B. Du Bois: Du Bois, W.E.B. Du Bois: Writings–The Crisis "I Am Resolved" (January 1912) "Returning Soldiers" (May 1919) "An Open Letter to Warren Gamaliel Harding" (March 1921) "President Harding and Social Equality" (December 1921) "Abraham Lincoln" (May 1922), 1196 "Again, Lincoln" (September 1922), 1197-99 Fairclough, Better Day Coming, chap. 4 The post Session 25: Booker T. Washington; W.E.B. Du Bois appeared first on Teaching American History.
