Part one of term paper
"The history of the American Negro is the history of the strife- This longing to attain self conscious manhood, to merge his double self into a better and truer self. In this merging he wishes neither of the older selves to be lost. He would not africanize America, for America has much to teach the world of Africa. He would not bleach h ...

Part two of term paper
... with Booker T. Washington, W.E.B Du Bois was one of the main figures of African American thought and an advocate against racial injustice. He devoted his life to the 'freeing' of black people in America in both the political as well as social sphere. In his collection of essays, the Souls of Black Folk, Du Bois speaks from both personal and objective accounts of the position of the black man in American society. As the excerpt of the introduction notes, the book is based on the premise that "one ...