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Lecture Notes For Black Experience in America Class
Lecture Notes For Black Experience in America Class
Faustian Metaphor
Deal at Atlanta exchange for docility in Politics no demands for social
equality economic opportunity
If a Black man spends ten thousand a year in freight charges he can select
his own seat on a rail-road train.
o Argument that through acquiring economic strength and economic
independence, African Americans can fight segregation
o Repeatedly stress direct reversal of what douglass argue for: political
empowerment was essential to black empowerment
o While washingont one can put aside temporarily of political equality
and concentrate on economic empowerment
Quote from article Atlanta compromise address: no race that has anything to
contribute to the markets of the world is long, in any degree
Booker Ts Strategy- co elements of strategy (did not have enough time for slide
Booker t Washington
William Monroe Trotter (1872-1934)
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Because historians looking at his work have found that while in public he was
talking about no poilical agitation, finger social economic integration, all
politic quiet strategies
Behind the scenes taking some of the money he used from raising money to
?speaking? supported some behing the scene civil right maneuver
1898 behind the scenes raise legal fees Louisianas Grandfather Clause
On one hand in public altanta we be quiet politically, no agitation
But 3 years down the road take money from people of tuskey institute? And
put toward the lousisian clause
Won in Maryland
Railroad discrimination cases had in invisible backing
railroad discrimination cases had in invisible backing (even to Maryland)
o Many cases against discrimination had washingtons invisible backing
While in public he was arguing that he was not going to challenge political
status quo, accept it hwile in private he was doin something else
Why he called this way
Why trotter would not have known this
AACP may have supported this - - but no concrete evidence of
documentation
Booker Ts Strategy 6
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Legacy (Washingtons)
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Institutions
o Necessity of making these
o In any strategy of empowerment, you have to build these are
important
o Washington exemplify that institutions that last beyond yourself
Working within constraints
o How work with constraints?
May not like the circumstance you are confronting but how deal and
change simultaneously so build institutions with constraints
Bois said lets get rid of it tried like with voting rights but he
frustrated and left America and denounce citizenship
Learn from Washington to take consideration of constraints and
work with them
Relevance of economic power
o Importance of economic power
o Not everything but important
o Washington places emphasis on this
Machiavellian element
o That how do you work within constaint but realize that these need to
erode do aboce surface (overt strategies) and covert things you need
to do to advance course of empowerment
There are flaws fo these strategies but historical hindsight unfair to call him
Arnold
While at that moment, these are 4 important lessons for black empowerment
Quick overview of strategies and ideas of booker t. Washington
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Now go on to other great icon whose life paralled with Washington: W.E.B. Du Bois
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One of the most well known figure ofpolitical and culture of ?20 th century?
In 1900s, du bois was most well known African American within black community
and outside black community
Today, most well known is beyonce (more than obama) main point the most well
known is not intellectual figure
Most famous African American intellectual figure today? Cornell west
Times has shifted
1900s hands down was du bois but now turned because of popular culture
Any case, bois was a towering figure in black politic, intellecutl, cultural life of early
1900s (and early 1800s)
Bois lives a long time feb 1668 aug 1963 (so nearly 100 years- so 90 plus years
95 years)
Was productive from age 17 to age 95; wrote the evening before he died the
encyclopedia of African
Born 3 years after civil war, live through reconstruction era, period of mass
industrialization, world war 1 and 2, national liberation movements around world
(rid of colonial rule), made relationships with other countries india, china, Africa,
by 1950s become radical and disillusioned and think America not making progress
when America was based on what he made was ahead of his time 1903 what
happens was 1960 (?) we need global solidarity to address societys problems
not just by statesbeyond borders (like ebola crisis not contain require global
response wht bois was talking about need global response to attack racism and
bigotry not perspective of nations stat and borders of the us) but when he started
talking about 1950s was too radical for civil rights movement they were
demonstrating patriotism bois had enough of that since he showed in world war I
Difference of him and political moment leaves America therefore and become
citizen of Ghana and no longer citizen of American
Lives long and engaged life
Wrote 3 autobiographies he like second one dusk of dawn
The life and legacy of W.E.B. Du bois quick summary of life and legacy
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Political Movemnts
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Arnold rampersad
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