The Souls Of Black Folk Review
The Souls of Black Folk Review
Stephen Fortson
Tiffin University
W.E.B. Du Bois is one of not only the greatest American philosophers but African American philosophers brought up during the Civil Rights era. Du Bois born in Barrington, Massachusetts to a mother and father that were a part of the free black population. During this particular time of the 1800s, blacks had no rights for the most part until the end of the Civil war, and even then segregation limited the amount of equality distributed to blacks. During the midst of this Du Bois progressed educationally, graduating from Fisk University where he first experienced Jim Crow Laws, and 7 years later receiving his masters from Harvard University, an achievement no other black had ever accomplished. Du Bois a known radical and philosopher created a path of achievements that no black had ever done at the time, and created a number of essays known as “The Souls of Black Folk” that shed light on his educational journey. Though blacks were emancipated from slavery in the late 1800s after the Civil War, blacks were still treated unequally often as animals, in the Forethought of The Souls of Black Folk, Du Bois unveils a term defined as the “Veil” that will be very important for readers to understand before moving forward. The “Veil” described by Du Bois is another way of identifying blacks, though deemed as Americans, blacks from a social stand point were not seen as Americans like whites and able to enjoy the same rights such as higher education or voting. Blacks bared two identities that still continue to rarely be separated. Though society claimed slavery was over, the abolishment of slavery merely meant that racism, socialism, and segregation would begin to thrive. During the first essay of the book, Du Bois encounters an issue that later on shaped his educational philosophy from that point on. Growing up in the north were schools were integrated, Du Bois experienced a situation a
Stephen Fortson
Tiffin University
W.E.B. Du Bois is one of not only the greatest American philosophers but African American philosophers brought up during the Civil Rights era. Du Bois born in Barrington, Massachusetts to a mother and father that were a part of the free black population. During this particular time of the 1800s, blacks had no rights for the most part until the end of the Civil war, and even then segregation limited the amount of equality distributed to blacks. During the midst of this Du Bois progressed educationally, graduating from Fisk University where he first experienced Jim Crow Laws, and 7 years later receiving his masters from Harvard University, an achievement no other black had ever accomplished. Du Bois a known radical and philosopher created a path of achievements that no black had ever done at the time, and created a number of essays known as “The Souls of Black Folk” that shed light on his educational journey. Though blacks were emancipated from slavery in the late 1800s after the Civil War, blacks were still treated unequally often as animals, in the Forethought of The Souls of Black Folk, Du Bois unveils a term defined as the “Veil” that will be very important for readers to understand before moving forward. The “Veil” described by Du Bois is another way of identifying blacks, though deemed as Americans, blacks from a social stand point were not seen as Americans like whites and able to enjoy the same rights such as higher education or voting. Blacks bared two identities that still continue to rarely be separated. Though society claimed slavery was over, the abolishment of slavery merely meant that racism, socialism, and segregation would begin to thrive. During the first essay of the book, Du Bois encounters an issue that later on shaped his educational philosophy from that point on. Growing up in the north were schools were integrated, Du Bois experienced a situation a