Chapter 4: Of the Meaning of Progress
The lyrical closing question after returning to find Josie dead and the community broken: 'How shall man measure Progress there where the dark-faced Josie lies?'
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From The Souls of Black Folk by W.E.B. Du Bois
Du Bois recalls his summers teaching poor Black children in rural Tennessee, especially the bright Josie whose death symbolizes deferred hopes.
Chapter 4: Of the Meaning of Progress
Du Bois's most autobiographical chapter, recounting his own discovery of Southern Black life as a Fisk student.
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