by Carter Godwin Woodson

Edited with an Introduction by Charles H. Wesley

and Thelma D. Perry

First Published in 1933



INTRODUCTION v

FOREWORD xxv

Preface xxix

CHAPTER PAGE

I. THE SEAT OF THE TROUBLE 1

II. HOW WE MISSED THE MARK 9

III. HOW WE DRIFTED AWAY FROM THE TRUTH 17

IV. EDUCATION UNDER OUTSIDE CONTROL 26

V. THE FAILURE TO LEARN TO MAKE A LIVING 38

VI. THE EDUCATED NEGRO LEAVES THE MASSES 52

VII. DISSENSION AND WEAKNESS 62

VIII. PROFESSIONAL EDUCATED DISCOURAGED 74

IX. POLITICAL EDUCATION NEGLECTED 83

X. THE LOSS OF VISION 96

XI. THE NEED FOR SERVICE RATHER THAN LEADERSHIP 111

XII. HIRELINGS IN THE PLACES OF PUBLIC SERVANTS 120

XIII. UNDERSTAND THE NEGRO 132

XIV. THE NEW PROGRAM 144

XV. VOCATIONAL GUIDANCE 157

XVI. THE NEW TYPE OF PROFESSIONAL MAN REQUIRED 173

XVII. HIGHER STRIVINGS IN THE SERVICE OF THE COUNTRY 181

XVIII. THE STUDY OF THE NEGRO 190

APPENDIX 199