W. E. B. Du Bois's "Talented Tenth": A Pioneering Conception of Transformational Leadership - Softcover

Sloan, Ella F

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1929909071 ISBN 13: 9781929909070

Publisher: Night Star Publisher DBA Jl Carpenter Design, 2016

Synopsis

In 1903, W. E. B. Du Bois presented a radical leadership proposal...the "Talented Tenth" emphasized the education and training in leadership of ten percent of the African American population...[that] would transform the larger, uneducated segment of the population and lead them to higher levels of social acceptance and independence.

This study...describes the historical factors that led to and influenced Du Bois's development of [this] strategy, especially his reaction to and criticism of Booker T. Washington's proposals to accommodate the white power structure through diminished educational and social expectations for African Americans....

[M]any ideas associated with James Burns's notion of "transformational leadership" were anticipated by Du Bois's earlier work.... Evidence...substantiates not only Du Bois's powerful legacy to African American and general American history, but also shows that the...ideas of the "Talented Tenth" were indeed a pioneering conception of Transformational Leadership.

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About the Author

Dr. Ella Sloan is a native Texan. A life long learner with multiple leadership skills and talents, Dr. Sloan believes that life experience is the best teacher. She earned her Doctorate in Educational Leadership from the University of San Diego, and both her Master's and Bachelor's degrees from San Diego State University. She has managed to blend her vocational and academic talents into an inspired and inspirational professional career. Her leadership has benefited her community, church, and especially young scholars, whose lives she has had the opportunity to influence, and whom she has watched grow into bright academicians, teachers, businessmen and businesswomen with promising careers across this country. Dr. Sloan is a recipient of numerous leadership awards, and has served many organizations in a myriad of capacities. Such organizations as the NAACP, National Sorority of Phi Delta Kappa, Inc. (holding both regional and national offices), and AARP (being a local and state volunteer of the San Diego local chapter) are the back drop and landscape of her continued dedication to being a voice and presence in and beyond her community. As a former business owner in San Diego, California for over 18 years, she has always carried a passion and thirst for knowledge, and has vied to make that knowledge available as a catalyst for change. She believes in living life fully, and being thankful for all blessings.

Edition details

• Publisher: Night Star Publisher DBA Jl Carpenter Design
• Publication date: 2016
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1929909071
• ISBN 13: 9781929909070
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 204