In honor of W.E.B. Du Bois influential collection of essays this month, I have selected three essays to focus on. I decided to provide an excerpt from my previous reviews of the W.E.B. Du Bois essays that highlight the strength of message being presented. W.E.B. Du Bois was a very strong and a determined man with a purpose to influence future generations. In which he did, I am still moved and touched by his profound wisdom and compassion.
At times, Du Bois spoken word shatter those that did not quite understood him, however the power of Du Bois words left a lasting impression that made him famous. Therefore, I have provided a clip from my reviews that showcase the masterful talent of Mr. W.E.B. Du Bois:
"Of Our Spiritual Strivings"
http://www.suite101.com/article.cfm/1159...
I strive to live freely with my thoughts and with my fruitful dreams. I strive to always listen and honor my spirit as a woman foremost and as a sister, a daughter to my immediate family. I strive to be one with the man I love with my heart and soul. I strive to provide and feed the children that God will undoubtly bless our union in the days to come. Yes, I strive. I strive with many measures to fit my completion of a black woman. I strive because the mighty creator has blessed me into being.
I live for today and plan with great hope for tomorrow. Eyes are on me to succeed and I strive on to reach my destination. I strive further. Further down the path of the journey of living. What do I see when I look into a mirror? I see history and pride. I see in my eyes of the old women I once were in another lifetime and then I see a young black girl in search of her self and in search of her being...present for the search of its purpose. Yes, I strive to have the complete understanding of my soul. The choices of being a woman of color is marked in wet sand across the shores leading to hazy bronze horizon in the sky. Yes, I strive.
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"Of Booker T Washington & Others"
http://www.suite101.com/article.cfm/1159...
Both men wanted to steer the African-American family in a direction of prosperity, self-respect, higher learning, and of course equability. The tension that became the problem for these two influential black man to stand on both sides was that they had completely two different vision to seeing and going about in making their caused a reality.
