Undoubtedly the most influential black intellectual of the
twentieth century and one of America's finest historians, W.E.B. Du
Bois knew that the liberation of African Americans required liberal
education and not vocational training. He saw education as a
process of teaching certain timeless values: moderation, an
avoidance of luxury, a concern for courtesy, a capacity to endure,
a nurturing love for beauty. At the same time, Du Bois saw
education as fundamentally subversive. This was as much a function
of the well-established role of education-from Plato forward-as the
realities of the social order under which he lived. He insistently
calls for great energy and initiative; for African Americans
controlling their own lives and for continued experimentation and
innovation, while keeping education's fundamentally radical nature
in view. Taken together, these ten essays cover half a century
during which the social, political, and technological
transformations were unparalleled by any in recorded history. And
while Du Bois reflects these changes, certain constants persist: a
demand for excellence, sacrifice, and a life of service; and an
insistence that while such a life will bring hardships and
temptations, it will also bring fulfillment. In Du Bois's view,
only with such a life will one truly live. In this affirmation,
there runs a particular feeling that the history of African
Americans has profoundly influenced their ideas about service, of
compassion, of justice. Though containing speeches written nearly
one-hundred years ago, and on a subject that has seen more stormy
debate and demagoguery than almost any other in recent history, The
Education of Black People approaches education with a timelessness
and timeliness, at once rooted in classical thought that reflects a
remarkably fresh and contemporary relevance.
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