W. E. B. Du Bois, 1868-1919: Biography of a Race - Chapter 4, "The Age of Miracles: Fisk and Josie's World" Summary & Analysis

David Levering Lewis
This Study Guide consists of approximately 62 pages of chapter summaries, quotes, character analysis, themes, and more - everything you need to sharpen your knowledge of W. E. B. Du Bois, 1868-1919.

W. E. B. Du Bois, 1868-1919: Biography of a Race - Chapter 4, "The Age of Miracles: Fisk and Josie's World" Summary & Analysis

David Levering Lewis
This Study Guide consists of approximately 62 pages of chapter summaries, quotes, character analysis, themes, and more - everything you need to sharpen your knowledge of W. E. B. Du Bois, 1868-1919.
This section contains 975 words
(approx. 3 pages at 400 words per page)
Buy the W. E. B. Du Bois, 1868-1919: Biography of a Race Study Guide

Chapter 4, "The Age of Miracles: Fisk and Josie's World" Summary and Analysis

Great Barrington is a kinder place than the post-war South where Fisk University is located and where Du Boisgoes to college. Fisk Free Colored School first opens in 1866 after the Civil War. Former slaves eagerly attend, desiring to learn to read and write. Principal John Ogden renames the school Fisk University so that it can be turned into a real college. Funding dries up soon, but the students form a singing group and tour the world making enough money to save the University. Du Bois arrives 13 years later when there is a new president named Erastus Milo Cravath who is an old army man and Congregationalist chaplain. The school turns out four-year degree students with a high-level liberal arts education. Many Southern leaders...

(read more from the Chapter 4, "The Age of Miracles: Fisk and Josie's World" Summary)

This section contains 975 words
(approx. 3 pages at 400 words per page)
Buy the W. E. B. Du Bois, 1868-1919: Biography of a Race Study Guide
Copyrights
BookRags
W. E. B. Du Bois, 1868-1919: Biography of a Race from BookRags. (c)2024 BookRags, Inc. All rights reserved.