Tag Archives: W.E.B DuBois

The “Philadelphia Negro,” Then and Now

In 1896 a brilliant scholar who received his PhD from Harvard and went on to study in Europe with such luminaries as Max Weber was engaged by wealthy philanthropists to prepare a sociological study of Philadelphia’s black population. Their motives … Continue reading

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Shame of the (Democratic) Cities

On the Sunday shows Newt Gingrich made a telling point that Republicans should take to heart.  After Robert Reich lamely defended the “War on Poverty” as “successful for a time,” Gingrich observed that “Every major city which is a center … Continue reading

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