Booker T. Washington Industrial Education is the Solution
- According to paragraphs 1 and 2, how has Tuskegee Institute transformed life for black people in and around the Institute?
- What examples does Washington give in paragraphs 3 through 5 of "learning by doing"? What skills have people learned?
- In paragraph 6, what does Washington have to say about the value of manual labor? How is Tuskegee training people to participate in Southern society?
W.E.B. DuBois
W.E.B. DuBois The Talented Tenth
- According to Du Bois, what is the larger purpose of education? (See especially paragraphs 1 through 3 and paragraph 9.)
- Is Du Bois’ "Talented Tenth" an elitist idea? How are the other nine-tenths of the population to benefit from this? (See paragraphs 5 through 7.)
- What criticism of vocational education does Du Bois offer? (See paragraphs 12 through 15.)
- How will whites as well as blacks benefit from the educational system Du Bois recommends?
