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The Negro Problem - Softcover

Washington, Booker T

 
9781438519074: The Negro Problem

Synopsis

One hundred years ago a group of accomplished African American writers complied this work including articles on what was then considered the Negro Problem. Booker T. Washington discusses industrial education. Chesnutt was an early pioneer is writing about African American folklore and racial identity. He wrote about lynchings, segregation and the hypocrisy of American values in post Civil War South. Du Bois talks about an elite 10% of African Americans who would influence the entire race.

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About the Author

Booker T. Washington (1856-1915) was born a slave. He graduated from what is today Hampton University in 1875, and subsequently taught there. In 1881 he founded the forerunner of Tuskegee University. He made himself and his school two of the most well-known institutions in twentieth-century black America. He earned world-renowned recognition as an educator, social theorist, and spokesperson for African Americans.

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