The Mis-Education of the Negro - Hardcover

Woodson, Carter Godwin

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1680920677 ISBN 13: 9781680920673

Publisher: 12th Media Services, 2017

Synopsis

The Mis-Education of the Negro is a book originally published in 1933 by Dr. Carter G. Woodson. The thesis of Dr. Woodson's book is that blacks of his day were being culturally indoctrinated, rather than taught, in American schools. This conditioning, he claims, causes blacks to become dependent and to seek out inferior places in the greater society of which they are a part. He challenges his readers to become autodidacts and to "do for themselves", regardless of what they were taught:

History shows that it does not matter who is in power... those who have not learned to do for themselves and have to depend solely on others never obtain any more rights or privileges in the end than they did in the beginning.

Here is a quote from the book:

"When you control a man's thinking you do not have to worry about his actions. You do not have to tell him not to stand here or go yonder. He will find his 'proper place' and will stay in it. You do not need to send him to the back door. He will go without being told. In fact, if there is no back door, he will cut one for his special benefit. His education makes it necessary."

Source: Wikipedi

About this title

From the Publisher:

This edition of Carter G. Woodson's classic, "The Mis-Education of the Negro," is newly and professionally laid out (as opposed to a facsimile edition).

About the Author:

Dr. Carter Godwin Woodson (1875-1950), the author of more than 16 books and the founder and editor of the Journal of Negro History and the Negro History Bulletin, was the founder of the Association for the Study of Negro Life and History.

About this edition

• Publisher: 12th Media Services
• Publication date: 2017
• ISBN 10: 1680920677
• ISBN 13: 9781680920673
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 80
• Editor: Darnell Tony