Chapter 6: Of the Training of Black Men
The Negro race, like all races, is going to be saved by its exceptional men. The problem of education then among Negroes must first of all deal with the Talented Tenth.Read in Books4Free →
The Talented Tenth and Higher Education
From The Souls of Black Folk by W.E.B. Du Bois
Du Bois's argument that the race must be uplifted by its educated elite, trained in liberal arts rather than only industrial trades.
Chapter 6: Of the Training of Black Men
On the dignity of learning across the color line: 'I sit with Shakespeare and he winces not. Across the color line I move arm in arm with Balzac and Dumas... So, wed with Truth, I dwell above the Veil.'
Read in Books4Free →Read or Listen to The Souls of Black Folk on Books4Free
Every chapter free to read. Free audio narration on the opening chapter. Plus an AI study assistant that knows the book.
Open in Books4Free →