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Booker T. Washington and W.E.B. Du Bois Program
Video Clip List - Part 1 of 2
Clip # Start Time End Time Description
1 :00.0 :55.5 Introduction to Booker T. Washington and W.E.B.
Du Bois.
2 :56.8 :04.0 Background of American society for blacks and whites following the Civil War until early 1900s.
3 4:17.4 6:12.5 Description of the differences in Washington and Du Bois' upbringing.
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4 6:17.0 8:13.0 Legislative and Judicial changes affecting African- Americans in the late 1800s.
5 8:30.0 10:14.00 Thumbnail sketch of Booker T. Washington.
6 10:50.0 12:13.0 Reason for establishing Tuskegee University. Showing African-Americans value of working.
7 12:20.0 13:00.0 Where Tuskegee University is located.
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8 13:04.0 15:10.0 The grounds and history of Tuskegee University.
9 15:56.0 17:36.0 The purpose for building The Oaks and its significance today.
10 18:29.8 19:32.0 Professor Kenneth Hamilton describes what made Booker T. Washington unique.
11 20:26.0 23:31.5 Washington's philosophy of education. Focus of Tuskegee University then and now.
12 24:46.1 26:24.1 Washington's goal - to prepare African-Americans to be equal members in society.
13 27:30.1 30:19.4 Emphasis on what type of education was necessary for African-American success
14 30:20.0 32:08.0 Discusses amount of federal, state and private support provided for African-American education.
15 32:20.1 34:13.4 Early years of Booker T. Washington in Virginia
16 34:13.8 35:10.8 Washington's years working in West Virginia and the effect it had on his philosophy later.
17 35:14.0 36:55.0 Caller provides a personal contrast of Washington and Du Bois. Relates them to prominent African-Americans today.
18 36:55.4 38:16.8 Discusses responsibility of community to help the individual improve their well-being.
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19 39:05.1 40:04.4 Booker T. Washington's Great Law of Society.
Booker T. Washington and W.E.B. Du Bois Program
Video Clip List - Part 2 of 2
20 :11.0 1:12.0 How Washington worked to encourage government despite the hostile environment towards African-Americans.
21 2:39.6 3:01.00 Use of Up From Slavery as classroom textbook
22 3:09.0 5:11.0 Interpretation of Washington's Atlanta Exposition Address
23 6:25.0 7:40.3 Different types of conservatives, i.e. Clarence Thomas and Colin Powell.
24 7:44.0 9:07.7 Audio clip of Washington's Atlanta Exposition speech.
25 9:08.0 10:59.0 Significance of Atlanta Exposition speech. Washington brought into national spotlight.
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26 10:59.8 12:52.2 Washington in national focus from 1895- 1915. Exerts political influence on White House. Seen as "Moses."
27 13:23.6 16:34.9 Contrast between Du Bois and Washington on what educational emphasis should be. "Talented Tenth" concept.
28 16:35.1 17:59.5 Different approaches of Washington and Du Bois to making societal changes.
29 18:14.1 19:37.1 What type of education is important at Tuskegee. Question of whether blacks should only help blacks.
30 19:40.1 20:54.1 Story of Washington helping a poor white farmer.
31 21:12.1 23:10.1 Introduction of Marshall Abuwi, grandson of Booker T. Washington. Publication and reaction of Up From Slavery .
32 26:37.0 28:36.7 Booker T. Washington and the influence of religion. Question of Islamic influences.
33 28:37.3 29:34.4 Purpose in founding the Booker T. Washington Institute.
34 33:00.0 36:14.1 Purpose of establishing new Bioethic center at Tuskegee University.
35 36:24.0 37:57.0 Last years of Booker T. Washington's life. Public reaction and honors following his death.
36 42:54.0 44:46.0 Historical milestones during lifetimes of Washington and Du Bois.
37 45:22.0 46:55.0 Economic and political conditions of African-Americans during the late 1800s. Low point of African-American life.
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38 46:52.0 47:59.1 African-American perspective of leadership of Frederick Douglass, Washington and Du Bois.
39 47:59.5 49:09.1 Differences in the support each man received from the White House.
40 49:10.1 50:12.0 Turning point in African-American attitudes, upon Washington's death in 1915.
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41 50:29.9 53:15.9 Introduction to David Levering Lewis, biographer of W.E.B. Du Bois. Pioneer achievements of Du Bois.
42 53:16.0 56:22.0 Controversial actions of Du Bois.
43 58:10.0 1:01:50.0 Debate between Du Bois and Washington about where funds for education should be allocated.
44 1:02:29.0 1:05:29.0 Who Marcus Garvey was, his ideas and movement. How Du Bois' fears about Garvey were realized.
45 1:05:31.0 1:06:46.0 What the Boule is - its membership and goals
46 1:06:47.0 1:07:35.0 Birthplace of Du Bois. What his full name is.
47 1:09:36.0 1:11:51.0 Du Bois' and Washington's fears about each other's activities and the effects they would have on African-Americans.
48 1:11:54.0 1:13:21.0 The Souls of Black Folk, its release and public reaction.
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49 1:13:22.0 1:14:55.0 Focus on African-American problems as outlined in The Souls of Black Folk
50 1:16:00.0 1:16:44.0 What Du Bois' attitude might have been about reparations.
51 1:16:45.0 1:19:52.0 How each chapter of The Souls of Black Folk begins. Reading of critique of Washington.
52 1:20:48.0 1:22:36.0 Du Bois and the Communist Party
53 1:23:55.0 1:26:21.0 Du Bois and the notion of pluralism. Proponent that African-Americans should preserve cultural traits which defined them as a people. "Wages of Whiteness"
54 1:26:53.0 1:31:14.0 Du Bois Collection at University of Massachusetts, Amherst. High school photos, the credo of Du Bois.
55 1:31:21.00 1:35:20.0 Response to Caller -who believes that southern whites respect Washington more. Believes that Du Bois expressed Marxist ideas.
56 1:35:21.0 1:39:05.0 More items in Du Bois collection. Letter from Zora Neale Hurston. Letter of advice to Daughter.
57 1:39:09 1:40:48 An explanation of how the NAACP consulted women when pressuring President Warren G. Harding into passing 'anti-lynching' legislation.
58 1:41:00 1:41:56 A caller from Miami comments about the need for more time to learn about the different educational philosophies of both W.E.B. Du Bois and Booker T. Washington.
59 1:42:02 1:43:16 Du Bois' participation in The Harlem Renaissance.
60 1:43:16 1:45:01 David Graham Du Bois, the step-son of W.E.B. Du Bois, and the story of how he came into the Du Bois family.
61 1:45:01 1:46:23 A description of W.E.B. Du Bois' daily life.
62 1:46:23 1:49:18 David Graham Du Bois describes the objectives of the W.E.B. Du Bois Foundation which he heads from Amherst, Massachusetts.
63 1:50:41 1:52:01 A reading from W.E.B. Du Bois on the negative effects of organized modern American industry.
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64 1:52:31 1:52:57 Du Bois' label as a Marxist in order to discredit his theories and Max Fabers' influence on Du Bois in Berlin.
65 1:52:57 1:56:38 A description of Du Bois' optimism towards the end of his life on the topic of the relations between the races.
66 1:56:38 1:57:18 How to find out more information about the W.E.B. Du Bois foundation.
67 1:57:38 1:59:18 Comments on the collaborations between W.E.B. Du Bois and Booker T. Washington.
68 1:59:35 2:00:28 Plans for future publications of analysis of W.E.B. Du Bois' work.
69 2:01:24 2:03:04 The lasting legacy of Booker T. Washington and W.E.B. Du Bois in the 20th and 21st century.
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70 2:03:04 2:04:21 The effect over vocational vs. traditional education after the death of Booker T. Washington.
71 2:04:21 2:05:58 Contemporary opinions of Du Bois and Washington.
72 2:05:58 2:06:44 Resources for learning about Du Bois and Washington.

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