Several Black political commentators consider themselves the 'talented tenth.' W.E.B. Dubois coined the term 'talented tenth' at the turn of the twentieth century. Between 1865 and 1900, the majority of Black Americans received industrial education. Dubois believed that 10 percent of the most outstanding Black Americans should pursue higher education and that “talented tenth” would … Continued

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