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The Souls of Black Folk
by W.E.B. Du Bois
"The present generation of Southerners are not responsible for the past and they should not be blindly hated or blamed for it" -W.E. Burghardt Du Bois, The Souls of Black Folks, ch. 3 Of Mr. Booker T. Washington and Others
...and that was over 100 years ago from a key organizer of NAACP during the start of the Jim Crow era.
This book was a series of long essays of up to 25 pages each, covering a wide range of topics, from historical (Post-Civil War freedman) to economical (specifically rural agricultural and cotton industry), social, educational, contemplative and even personal (death of son). Du Bois speaks intelligently on a variety of matters.
What Du Bois realizes, which still seems to be ignored to this day, is that there is not one single cause of the various conditions of his race today. Nor is there one magic button, or lever, or law (moral or political) that is going to rectify the situation. It is silly to think otherwise.
While many of the situations have changed (especially with respect to Jim Crows Laws, desegregation, Civil Rights, voting and education). This is a good read for those who have forgotten their history... written by someone who lived it, who was much closer to the past than those of us today.
...and that was over 100 years ago from a key organizer of NAACP during the start of the Jim Crow era.
This book was a series of long essays of up to 25 pages each, covering a wide range of topics, from historical (Post-Civil War freedman) to economical (specifically rural agricultural and cotton industry), social, educational, contemplative and even personal (death of son). Du Bois speaks intelligently on a variety of matters.
What Du Bois realizes, which still seems to be ignored to this day, is that there is not one single cause of the various conditions of his race today. Nor is there one magic button, or lever, or law (moral or political) that is going to rectify the situation. It is silly to think otherwise.
While many of the situations have changed (especially with respect to Jim Crows Laws, desegregation, Civil Rights, voting and education). This is a good read for those who have forgotten their history... written by someone who lived it, who was much closer to the past than those of us today.