Read both Du Bois, “On the Conservation of Races,” in Let Nobody Turn Us Around, 196-203, and the excerpt from the Souls of Black Folk in Let Nobody Turn Us Around, 203-209, and answer the following questions. Using only the assigned reading.
1. DuBois is usually presented as the alternative to Booker T. Washington. In what ways, in “On the Conservation of Races”, does DuBois agree with Washington? In what ways do they disagree?
2. The Souls of Black Folk is one of the most important works of American literature, and the passage you read is the most important passage. Why? What makes this passage so important? Explain in detail.
