“The opposition to Negro education in the South was at first bitter, and showed itself in ashes, insult, and blood; for the South believed an educated Negro to be a dangerous Negro. And the South was not wholly wrong; for education among all kinds of men always has had, and always will have, an element of danger and revolution, of dissatisfaction and discontent. Nevertheless, men strive to know.” SchoolAmericaEducationKnowledgeLearningSouthAfrican AmericansBlacksReconstruction Book:The Souls of Black Folk Source: The Souls of Black Folk
“And the final product of our training must be neither a psychologist nor a brick mason, but a man. And to make men, we must have ideals, broad, pure, and inspiring ends of living, not sordid money-getting... The worker must work for the glory of his handiwork, not simply for pay; the thinker must think for truth, not fame.” SchoolEducationLearningCollege Book:The Souls of Black Folk Source: The Souls of Black Folk
“But when we have vaguely said that Education will set this tangle straight, what have we uttered but a truism? Training for life teaches living; but what training for the profitable living together of black men and white?” RaceEducationKnowledgeLearningTrainingAfrican AmericansBlacksRace RelationsWhites Book:The Souls of Black Folk Source: The Souls of Black Folk