Customer Reviews

Three Negro Classics

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This book is a must read for anyone who is interested in African American history. I wish more educators (and politicians for that matter!) today had the same approach as Booker T. Washington.

This book was very intereting and informative. I enjoyed reading it. I would recommend this book to anyone who wants to learn about Black History.

Professor needed book for class and it arrived VERY quickly and in great shape. Very pleased!

I gave each book three stars. I am glad I read them, but I wasn't particularly excited over any. However, they all deserved to be read.

Up From Slavery was a book I had on my list for years.

The Souls of Black Folk is my second time reading it. It was torture. Dubios writing style is laborious, pretentious and too wordy. He is trying too hard to impress white folk. I am not a fan of Dubois. I find him annoying, condescending and disdainful of Black folk. For me he is an outsider looking into the lives of the Black masses.

I kept going back forth to "he is making me sick to he's making some sense here." When he stuck with history, I was cool with him.

I don't believe in the talented tenth. I believe that each man and woman is there own Moses. However, I do agree with the idea of living within the veil, and that the problem of the 21st century will be the color line.

Up From Slavery is another book that was written for whites. I don't appreciate Mr. Washington. His philosophy did not hold up to the realties of his time.

What struck me mostly is his relationship to his sister. He tells us that he helped to educate his brother at Hampton and his Foster brother, but he never mentioned what he did for his sister.

I also could not keep up with his wives. I am glad that I read each book, but I doubt I will read any of them again during my life time.