W.E.B. Du Bois's Talented Tenth - A quantitative assessment

    Authors

    J. Battle;E. Wright

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    Abbreviated Journal Title

    J. Black Stud.

    Keywords

    Ethnic Studies; Social Sciences, Interdisciplinary

    Abstract

    The Talented Tenth is the moniker that W.E.B. Du Bois bestowed on the cadre of college-educated African Americans whom he charged with providing leadership for the African American community during the post-Reconstruction era. According to Du Bois's inquiry theoretical formulation, the Talented Tenth were to sacrifice their personal interests and endeavors to provide leadership for the African American community. Following in Du Bois's footsteps, this inquiry uses the National Black Politics Study to examine the attitudes of today's Talented Tenth concerning their responsibilities as leaders of their respective communities. Multivariate findings indicate that among other things, the Talented Tenth report being more politically active and more involved in their communities and are suspect of the motives of the Black middle class. The authors' results suggest that the Talented Tenth are fulfilling the charge placed before them by W.E.B. Du Bois.

    Journal Title

    Journal of Black Studies

    Volume

    32

    Issue/Number

    6

    Publication Date

    1-1-2002

    Document Type

    Article

    Language

    English

    First Page

    654

    Last Page

    672

    WOS Identifier

    WOS:000176157100002

    ISSN

    0021-9347

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