Brief for the higher education of the negro
by Kelly Miller
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Excerpt from Brief for the Higher Education of the NegroRidicule and contempt have characterized the habitual attitude of the American mind toward the Negro's higher strivings. The African was brought to this country for the purpose of performing manual and menial labor. His bodily powers alone were required to accomplish this industrial mission. No more account was taken of his higher susceptibilities than of the mental and moral faculties of the lower animals. As the late Mr. Price used to say, the white man saw in the Negro's mind only what was apparent in his face, darkness there, and noth...
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- BRIEF FOR THE HIGHER EDUCATION OF THE NEGRO
- The Negro’s Traditional Place in Society.
- MANIFESTATIONS OF HIGHER QUALITIES.
- IS THE HIGHER EDUCATION OF THE NEGRO WORTH WHILE AS A PRACTICAL PHILANTHROPY?
- THE FUNCTION OF EDUCATION TO A BACKWARD RACE.
- THE HIGHER TRAINING OF CHOICE YOUTH.
- SELF-RELIANT MANHOOD.
- TRAINING FOR LEADERSHIP.
- THE MORAL IMPOTENCY OF ELEMENTARY AND MECHANICAL KNOWLEDGE.
- THE SOCIAL SEPARATION OF THE RACES.
- THE PROFESSIONAL NEEDS OF THE CITY NEGRO.
- THE EFFECT OF HIGHER EDUCATION UPON THE RURAL MASSES.
- THE IMPORTANCE OF CULTIVATED TASTE.
- THE RELATIVE CLAIMS OF INDUSTRIAL AND HIGHER EDUCATION.
- THE HIGHER EDUCATION STIMULATES INDUSTRIAL ACTIVITY.
- MEN OF HIGHER TRAINING THE LEADERS OF INDUSTRIAL EDUCATION.
- DR. BOOKER T. WASHINGTON AN EXAMPLE OF HIGHER CULTURE.
- THE DEFICIENCY OF THE SLAVE MECHANIC.
- MONEY SPENT FOR THE HIGHER EDUCATION OF THE NEGRO NOT WASTED.
- NOT MERE THEORIZERS.
- NEED FOR THE NEGRO COLLEGE.
- DOES THE HIGHER EDUCATION LEAD AWAY FROM THE RACE?
- A CONCRETE ILLUSTRATION.
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