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Quotation from The Souls of Black Folk by W. E. B. Du Bois
“Mr. Washington represents in Negro thought the old attitude of adjustment and submission; but adjustment at such a peculiar time as to make his programme unique.”
The Souls of Black Folk, Chapter III, Of Mr. Booker T. Washington and Others (Project Gutenberg text)
The center of Du Bois's assessment of Washington, which places the Tuskegee program in a long line of Black responses to American life.
Citation: "Mr. Washington represents in Negro thought the old attitude of adjustment and submission; but adjustment at such a peculiar time as to make his programme unique." — W. E. B. Du Bois, The Souls of Black Folk, Chapter III, Of Mr. Booker T. Washington and Others (Project Gutenberg text). (id the-souls-of-black-folk-q4)
Portrait: W.E.B. Du Bois by James E. Purdy, 1907 (cropped), James E. Purdy / Adam Cuerden, CC0.
