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W.E.B. DuBois and “Double Consciousness”
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This 3 page paper discusses W.E.B. DuBois’s concept of “double consciousness” and argues that it can still be applied to marginalized groups today. Bibliography lists 2 sources.
Filename: HVdblcon.rtf

W.E.B. DuBois and Booker T. Washington: How They Use Different Methods to Achieve the Same Goals
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This 4 page paper compares and contrasts the methods of these two leaders. How each viewed society and how they believed social change could be accomplished are highlighted. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
Filename: SA606WEB.rtf

W.E.B. DuBois and Women's Rights
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A 4 page discussion of DuBois involvement in the women's rights movement. DuBois believed in the equality of all peoples. He advocated birth control and the movement of women to higher societal positions. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
Filename: PPduboWm.rtf

W.E.B. duBois' "The Philadelphia Negro"
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A 7 page paper discussing duBois' seminal work. DuBois did not maintain the objectivity of today's researchers in describing his conclusion. His theoretical contribution is that urbanization and concentrated poverty have ill effects on the black race. It contributes to in inordinate overrepresentation of females to males, and it is instrumental in providing a skewed view of employment and employability. Confined to menial jobs, black women were able to find work as domestics but black men had far fewer choices. The same remains too true today. Though details have changed, the overall structure has not. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
Filename: KSphilNegro.wps

W.E.B. DuBois's Souls of Black Folk
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This 5 page paper looks at this infamous work after defining concepts of culture and racism. These elements are discussed as it pertains to the book. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
Filename: SA044WEB.rtf

W.E.B. DuBois’ “The Souls of Black Folks”: A Structural Functionalist Approach
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A 5 page overview of the meaning and intent of this early twentieth century work. Written from a structural functionalist approach, this paper attempts to use DuBois’ work to define black existence within context of the white society beside which it exists. The author of this paper contends that the ethnic relations illustrated by DuBois were a manifestation of white societies’ tendency to keep their own “family” strong by either weeding out, or preying on the cheap or even free labor of blacks. Blacks, on the other hand, set up their own internal way of interacting with the world which served to preserve their own society. Bibliography lists 6 sources.
Filename: PPduboi3.rtf

W.E.B. DuBois, a Theorist Ahead of His Time
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This 5 page paper examines the life and works of DuBois. Specific ideas are discussed. Why the theorist was not recognized as a sociologist, and just as a theorist on race, is examined. Bibliography lists 2 sources.
Filename: SA447WEB.rtf

Walton: "Mississippi: An American Journey"
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This 4 page paper discusses Anthony Walton's book "Mississippi: An American Journey" about his attempts to understand Mississippi and the way it shaped his family's history, and its place in the nation's history. Bibliography lists 1 source.
Filename: HVMSWltn.rtf

Washington & Du Bois/Who Was Right?
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A 3 page research paper/essay that briefly describes the positions of Booker T. Washington and W.E.B. Du Bois on black advancement and black education in the early twentieth century and then discusses which vision was more in keeping with the aspirations of Southern blacks and which vision was more realistic. Bibliography lists 2 sources.
Filename: khdbwari.rtf

Washington vs. DuBois
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This 8 page paper discusses Booker T. Washington and W.E.B. DuBois, and the conditions at the time of the debate between the two men; it argues that given the prevalent conditions, it might have been better for black leaders to follow Washington's conciliatory model, rather than DuBois's call for political activism. Bibliography lists 6 sources.
Filename: HVWshDuB.rtf