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The mis-education of the Negro / by Carter Godwin Woodson.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Woodson, Carter Godwin, 1875-1950.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- African Americans--Education.
- African Americans.
- African Americans--Social conditions--To 1964.
- African Americans--Social conditions.
- African Americans--Employment.
- Physical Description:
- xiv, 215 pages ; 22 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Trenton, N.J. : Africa World Press, 1990.
- Summary:
- A classic book of reflections by Woodson, the African American scholar thinker of the first half of the 20th century, on the mistakes made in the education of the Negro
- Contents:
- Chapter I. The Seat of the Trouble 1
- Chapter II. How We Missed the Mark 9
- Chapter III. How We Drifted Away from the Truth 17
- Chapter IV. Education Under Outside Control 26
- Chapter V. The Failure to Learn to Make a Living 38
- Chapter VI. The Educated Negro Leaves the Masses 52
- Chapter VII. Dissension and Weakness 62
- Chapter VIII. Professional Educated Discouraged 74
- Chapter IX. Political Education Neglected 83
- Chapter X. The Loss of Vision 96
- Chapter XI. The Need for Service Rather Than Leadership 111
- Chapter XII. Hirelings in the Places of Public Servants 120
- Chapter XIII. Understand the Negro 132
- Chapter XIV. The New Program 144
- Chapter XV. Vocational Guidance 157
- Chapter XVI. The New Type of Professional Man Required 173
- Chapter XVII. Higher Strivings in the Service of the Country 181
- Chapter XVIII. The Study of the Negro 190.
- Notes:
- Reprint of 1933 ed. published by Associated Publishers, Washington.
- ISBN:
- 0865431701 :
- 086543171X
- OCLC:
- 21176196
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