SOCIOL 2S06 Lecture Notes - Lecture 32: W. E. B. Du Bois, The Philadelphia Negro, Wilberforce University
15 Dec 2017
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Neo-marxian theories of racism and racial conflict (emerged in the 1960s) Critical theories of race and racism (1990s onward) A biographical sketch of du bois, one of the theorist whose work was most directly affected by his life. Raised in a small, largely middle class town and there was little discrimination, relations between white people and black people were fairly good, so he experienced little discrimination in his early years. Started undergraduate degree at fisk university in tennessee (1885) Graduated with undergraduate degree and began studies at harvard. Specialized in philosophy, found himself becoming increasingly interested in sociology and for his ph. D dissertation he did a study on the african slave trade. Completed his ph. d. at harvard in 1895, he became the first african. American to get a ph. d. from harvard university. Found himself facing discrimination, applied to a number of the top.
