This man developed the idea that Black Americans should work to promote their top 10 percent, what he called the "Talented Tenth," and he openly opposed the accommodationist ethic Booker Washington.
One of this man's studies opens each chapter with an excerpt from a song, including "Children, You'll Be Called On" and "I'm A Rolling." One of his works was an analysis of an African-American community titled The Philadelphia Negro. In one work, he stated "The problem of the 20th Century is the Problem of the Color Line," and he resigned from editing The Crisis due to his increased Marxism. This man developed the idea that Black Americans should work to promote their top 10 percent, what he called the "Talented Tenth," and he openly opposed the accommodationist ethic Booker Washington. FTP name this founder of the NAACP who wrote The Souls of Black Folk.
One of this man's studies opens each chapter with an excerpt from a song, including "Children, You'll Be Called On" and "I'm A Rolling."
William Edward Burghardt {Du Bois}