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https://physiology.oberlincollegelibrary.org/files/original/cd5154cd950d7f3c8638e964f8ae8139.jpg 3f9ab2e95e0acd68af5523e1abc4d439 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource The Education of Black People: Ten Critiques, 1906–1960 Description An account of the resource Undoubtedly the most influential black intellectual of the twentieth century and one of America’s finest historians, W.E.B. Du Bois knew that the liberation of African Americans required liberal education and not vocational training. He saw education as a process of teaching certain timeless values: moderation, an avoidance of luxury, a concern for courtesy, a capacity to endure, a nurturing love for beauty. At the same time, Du Bois saw education as fundamentally subversive. This was as much a function of the well-established role of education—from Plato forward—as the realities of the social order under which he lived. He insistently calls for great energy and initiative; for African Americans controlling their own lives and for continued experimentation and innovation, while keeping education’s fundamentally radical nature in view. Taken together, these ten essays cover half a century during which the social, political, and technological transformations were unparalleled by any in recorded history. And while Du Bois reflects these changes, certain constants persist: a demand for excellence, sacrifice, and a life of service; and an insistence that while such a life will bring hardships and temptations, it will also bring fulfillment. In Du Bois’s view, only with such a life will one truly live. In this affirmation, there runs a particular feeling that the history of African Americans has profoundly influenced their ideas about service, of compassion, of justice. Though containing speeches written nearly one-hundred years ago, and on a subject that has seen more stormy debate and demagoguery than almost any other in recent history, The Education of Black People approaches education with a timelessness and timeliness, at once rooted in classical thought that reflects a remarkably fresh and contemporary relevance. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource W. E. B. Du Bois Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Monthly Review Press Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2001 Type The nature or genre of the resource Book (Collection of speeches) Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived <a href="https://monthlyreview.org/product/education_of_black_people/">Monthly Review Press</a> Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context 9781583670439