Eugene F. Provenzo, Jr. is a professor in the School of Education at the University of Miami. He is the author of a wide range of books on education, history and cultural studies.

The complicated, brilliant DuBois never bores or tires us... Provenzo's assemblage is timely. In the current climate of fundamental educational reconsideration, this work both reinforces what we already understood, and causes us to reflect anew on the greatest black scholar of the last century...The essays chosen for this work deliver an intimate panorama of DuBois' views on education...of interest to both the casual and serious DuBois enthusiast. -- William H. Watkins, professor, University of Illinois at Chicago Anthropology & Education Quarterly, Dec. '03 (Vol.34,#4)

• Chapter 1 Preface and Acknowledgements Chapter 2 Introduction Part 3 One: Du Bois's Experience as a Student and Teacher Chapter 4 A Negro Schoolmaster in the New South Chapter 5 A Negro Student at Harvard at the End of the 19th Century Chapter 6 Two: Du Bois on Education and Social Power Chapter 7 Of the Training of Black Men Chapter 8 The Training of Negroes for Social Power Chapter 9 The Talented Tenth Part 10 Three: Du Bois on Elementary and Secondary Education Chapter 11 The Freedman's Bureau Chapter 12 Heredity and the Public Schools Chapter 13 Negro Education Chapter 14 Does the Negro Need Separate Schools? Chapter 15 How Negroes Have Taken Advantage of Educational Opportunities Officered by Friends Chapter 16 Two Hundred Years of Segregated Schools Part 17 Du Bois, Washington and the Hampton Model Chapter 18 Of Mr. Booker T. Washington and Others Chapter 19 Hampton Chapter 20 Education and Work Part 21 Five: Du Bois and Higher Education Chapter 22 Careers Open to College-Bred Negroes Chapter 23 Atlanta University Chapter 24 Gifts and Education Chapter 25 Negroes in College Chapter 26 The Negro College Chapter 27 The Future of Wilberforce University Chapter 28 The Future and Function of the Private Negro College Part 29 Six: Education and Literature Chapter 30 The New Education Chapter 31 Bibliography