A Study of Race in the US – Douglass & DuBois

Week 1

Discussion Qs:
* Are there any themes common to both authors? Or points where they diverge?
[what it means to be black in the US; what it means to be an American]
* What does each piece prescribe as the way forward for black struggle?

Frederick Douglass, “The Meaning of July Fourth for the Negro” (4 pp)
http://www.historyisaweapon.com/defcon1/douglassjuly4.html

“Whether we turn to the declarations of the past, or to the professions of the present, the conduct of the nation seems equally hideous and revolting. America is false to the past, false to the present, and solemnly binds herself to be false to the future.”