History professor Kevin Gaines explores the idea that educated blacks are responsible for the welfare of the majority of the race and how the uplift ideology undermined collective social advancement.

Concepts

reform movements, african americans

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Additional Tags

black middle class, black social advancement, blacks, racial thinking, african amercan culture, national humanities center: racial uplift ideology in the era of "the negro problem", historical background of african americans

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Classroom Considerations

• Knovation Readability Score: 4 (1 low difficulty, 5 high difficulty)

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