"The Mis-Education of the Negro" by Carter Godwin Woodson

Kenneth W. Greene: A true hero

United States on Aug 17, 2023

Sy: Received this book a while back have finished reading. Thank you a great read

United Kingdom on Mar 04, 2022

klay: I'M STILL READING, BUT I CAN SAY FOR SURE, THAT IT'S A VERY WONDERFUL BOOK, ALL THAT'S WRITTEN IS SO VERY TRUE , UNFORTUNATELY. I LOVED THIS EDITION, IT'S SIZE AND LETTERS ARE REALLY GOOD.

Brazil on Jul 15, 2021

Noqed ben Y'sra'al: Well written from an excellent understanding of the American racial reality vis a vie the melanated male

United Kingdom on May 11, 2021

Candous Brown: I purchased several copies of this text for the students I tutor. I have also used this text in book clubs that I've hosted and students are always so shocked at the relevance. They think it's a book about current events until I show them the original publication date. They must know that if they don't know or understand history, they are doomed to repeat it. This also gives them insight into the plight of AAs in this country so they know their situations are not unique. Highly recommend reading this if you haven't already done so. You can easily find or create a discussion guide for it as well as have history/biography lessons about the time period and author.

United States on Nov 27, 2020

Frank T. Manheim: The second African American (after W.E.B. Dubois) to gain a PhD at Harvard, Woodson had a multifaceted career as an "American historian, author, journalist, and the founder of the Association for the Study of African American Life and History". ["He was one of the first scholars to study the history of the African diaspora, including African-American history. A founder of The Journal of Negro History in 1916, Woodson has been called the "father of black history" - cited from the Wikipedia biographical article].

On the one hand, Carter criticized the preference of White leaders for industrial-vocational training of blacks, because this would continue subservient status for Blacks in American society. Liberal arts education provided the background in history, science, culture and politics needed for Blacks to communIcate and exercise their citizen rights in society. But he also decried exaggerated tendencies toward cultural eclecticism on the part of some Black leaders. Carter ascribed to the professional principles of historians that stressed breadth and accuracy.

In tracing the history of the Journal of Negro History (now Journal of African American History), I find...

United States on Nov 14, 2020

Spud's Place: I'm a retired educator and never heard of this book, even in the early 70's when I was in my second year of college. I wish I had read it back then when I was doing my practicum in a mixed race school district. About the book itself, the introduction is as potent as the book. My husband borrowed the book to take to work, but when I get it back I will quote the passage that revealed how important this book is to understand the recent revelations to many whites that Negros, in their segregated schools (even in the Northern and Western states!), were deliberately taught to mispronounce words that they might use in everyday conversation or when speaking with white school district authorities, making it difficult to make effective objections or mount cohesive arguments for better education.

United States on Nov 09, 2020

Ivan Bruno Hostil: Livro forte. O pessimismo de um negro sobre o seu povo ha mais de 70 anos mostra que devemos ser otimistas hj. Muito mudou, mas ha muito a se conquistar. Ele vivo hj, vibraria pelo BLM, mas tb festejaria a quantidade maior de pretos fazendo a diferença no mundo.

Brazil on Sep 16, 2020

Amazon Customer: What an amazing piece of literature. You are transported back in time as this narrative describes the present fate of the 'negro', the conditions in which he finds himself and how the social discourse and geo-political climate merely serve to further subjugate. The reader is immediately gripped by the almost polemical style of writing as Woodson caricatures the 'negro' in his discussion of mis - education. This caricature is necessary though to convey the way that the 'negro' is disenfranchised within the education system. Woodson manages it beautifully in this rhetorical masterpiece.

It is striking that all the issues that Carter discusses are the issues of today. His writing comes across as patronising but this is not the intention. His message is clear. A must read for all those concerned with social justice. I could not put it down.

United Kingdom on Jul 08, 2016

Carolyn Roberson: Where was this book when I was going to school from 1950-62? I could not put it down once I began to read it, because it reminded me of so much of what I needed in my growth and developement was not made available to me as a young person of color growing up in a segregated society, and many of those who think that we have arrived at a color-blind point in America need to read this book, and then compare it to what is happening with us today. The author was relevent then in his revelations and in his effort to open eyes and minds to the lack of knowledge of self, and is more relevent now, because, too many educated people of color find it even harder to succeed in today's job market and the available employment opportunities. We still allow others to control almost every aspect of our lives, including what we are to learn, think, and accept from the world in which we live and the institutions which influences the minds of our children. Morover, we continue to consume more of what others produce for us than what we produce for ourselves. It is time we become producers and traders of goods and services in this nation and in our communities, and we should insist that our children be...

United States on Nov 06, 2014