AFAM 162: African American History: From Emancipation to the Present
Lecture 06 - Uplift, Accommodation, and Assimilation (continued). In this lecture, Professor Holloway explains the two major schools of thought that emerged at the end of the century to solve the problems of black social and economic distress.
The accommodationists, like Booker T. Washington, believed that the quickest way to improve the quality of black life was to forge a social peace with powerful whites, temporarily accepting the continued separation of the races and advocating vocational education
as a pragmatic way for blacks to improve their lives. Opposed to Washington were people like Anna Julia Cooper and W.E.B. Du Bois who embraced assimilation and saw higher education as the cure-all to racialized problems. Du Bois, in particular, is famous for
his assertion that it would be the "Talented Tenth" of the race who would lead blacks to a better life.
(from oyc.yale.edu)
| Lecture 06 - Uplift, Accommodation, and Assimilation (continued) |
| Time | Lecture Chapters |
| [00:00:00] | 1. The Chronological Context for Today's Lecture |
| [00:04:39] | 2. Booker T. Washington and the Politics of Accommodation and Assimilation |
| [00:29:59] | 3. W.E.B. Du Bois and the Politics of Accommodation and Assimilation |
| References |
| Lecture 6 - Uplift, Accommodation, and Assimilation (continued) Instructor: Professor Jonathan Holloway. Credit List [PDF]. Transcript [html]. Audio [mp3]. Download Video [mov]. |
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