Category: Essays, Letters & Speeches

Brief for the higher education of the negro

Miller, Kelly, 1863-1939· 2 chapters· 4,960 words

Ridicule and contempt have characterized the habitual attitude of the American mind toward the Negro’s higher strivings. The African was brought to this country for the purpose of performing manual and menial labor. His bodily powers alone were required to accomplish this indu...

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1. Part 1

Ridicule and contempt have characterized the habitual attitude of the American mind toward the Negro’s higher strivings. The African was brought to this country for the purpose...

2. Part 2

The charge has recently been made that money spent on the higher education of the Negro has been wasted. Does this charge come from the South? When we consider that it was throu...