Cobblestone articles from February 2000

Cobblestone archives from February 2000

Youthful Vision.(civil rights worker W.E.B. Du Bois)
February 1, 2000... "[The American Negro] simply wishes to make if possible for a man to be both a Negro and an American without being cursed and spit upon by his fellows, without losing the opportunity of self-development." (W.E.B. Du Bois, From Strivings of...

Teacher and Philosopher.(civil rights worker W.E.B. Du Bois)
February 1, 2000... "I believe that black men will become free American citizens if they have the courage and persistence to demand the rights and treatment of men, and cease to toady and apologize and belittle themselves. The rights of humanity are worth fighting...

DU BOIS Time Line.(civil rights worker W.E.B. Du Bois)
February 1, 2000... 1868 W.E.B. Du Bois born on February 23 in Great Barrington, Massachusetts 1885 Enters Fisk University in Nashville, Tennessee, as a sophomore on scholarship 1888 Graduates from Fisk University with bachelor's degree and...

The NIAGARA MOVEMENT.(civil rights worker W.E.B. Du Bois)
February 1, 2000... "[The Niagara Movement] will not be satisfied to take one jot or tittle less than our full manhood rights. We claim for ourselves every single right that belongs to a freeborn American, political, civil and social; and until we get these rights...

THE NAACP's Struggle for Civil Liberty.(National Association for Advancement of Colored People)
February 1, 2000... "We, the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, again appeal to the nation to accept the clear and simple settlement of the Negro problem, which consists in treating all men, black and white, as you would have them treat...

Did You Know?(facts about W.E.B. Du Bois)
February 1, 2000... While he was still in high school, W.E.B. Du Bois worked as a correspondent for a major New York newspaper. In 1890, Du Bois gave a graduation speech at Harvard University on Jefferson Davis, the Confederate president during the Civil War....

THE CRISIS Is Born.(civil rights worker W.E.B. Du Bois)
February 1, 2000... "[The Crisis is] in earnest. This is newspaper. It tries to tell the truth. It will not consciously exaggerate in any way, but its whole reason for being is the revelation of the facts of racial antagonism now in the world, and these facts are...

THE PAN-AFRICAN MOVEMENT.(Brief Article)
February 1, 2000... "The problem of the twentieth century is the problem of the colour line,... The modern world must need remember that in this age, when the ends of the world are being brought so near together, the millions of black men in Africa, America, and...

THE LION IN WINTER.(civil rights worker W.E.B. Du Bois)
February 1, 2000... Ten years after he resigned from the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), W.E.B. Du Bois came back to the organization. His shoulders were stooped and his beard white, but he refused to slow down. At seventy-six,...

Brain Ticklers.(Brief Article)
February 1, 2000... Give your brain a little tickle to see how well you read and understood what this issue on W.E.B. Du Bois was about. If you believe the answer to be false, give yourself the ultimate test and see whether you can explain why it is false. 1....

Letters.(Poem)
February 1, 2000... Seaweed An otter named Seaweed, born on March 19th, holding her favorite food for all to see. Born on my birthday, still younger than me. Yet, she is my favorite Beanie Baby, covered in dark brown...

Dear Cobblestonians.(Editorial)
February 1, 2000... Dear Cobblestonias, Most Americans know that France helped the American Colonies during the Revolutionary War. But did you know that Spain also proved to be an ally for the patriots fighting for independence? Draw a picture or write a poem...

Books to Read.(W.E.B. Du Bois)(Brief Article)
February 1, 2000... See the sidebar on pages 30-31 for titles of works written by W.E.B. Du Bois. W.E.B. Du Bois: A Biography by Virginia Hamilton (New York: Thomas Y. Crowell, 1972) gives an account of the life of this civil rights leader, as well as a...

More Media.(W.E.B. DuBois videos)(Brief Article)
February 1, 2000... Chelsea House has produced the Black Americans of Achievement video collection. Each video includes interviews with historians, archival footage, photographs, and period music that bring the subjects to life. W.E.B. Du Bois and A History of...

On the Web.(NAACP, W.E.B. BoBois)(Brief Article)
February 1, 2000... If you would like to subscribe to current issues of The Crisis, as well as find out more about the history of the NAACP's magazine, log onto www.naacp.org/crisis/subscribe.htm. The W.E.B. Du Bois Virtual University's mission states it is...

Places to Visit.(black history museums)(Brief Article)
February 1, 2000... Howard University Museum, Moorland-Spingarn Research Center, Washington, D.C. This black history museum has a research center filled with items concerning the history of African Americans for use by scholars and temporary and permanent exhibits...