In Defense Of Booker T. Washington.

"Herein lie buried many things which if read with patience may show the strange meaning of being black here in the dawning of the Twentieth Century." - Du Bois, "The Soul's of Black Folks" (613) W.E.B. Du Bois, the courageous author who penned "The Soul's of Black Folks", deserves to be commended for his work. But in terms of his disagreement with Booker T. Washington, Du Bois does not deserve the acclaim for what …showed first 75 words of 1437 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1437 total…today than they did when they were written and that the man's idea's were before his time. Today, this country is divided by race as much as it ever has been and honest dialogue among us all is the only solution. Works Cited Norton Anthology of African American Literature Henry Louis Gates Jr., Harvard University . Nellie Y. McKay, University of Wisconsin, Madison .et al. Norton, W. W. & Company, Inc. ISBN 0-393-97778-1, 1997