Talented tenth [fragment]

Du Bois, W. E. B. (William Edward Burghardt), 1868-1963 · [ca. 1907]

Hand-written draft fragment encouraging "the Negro" to take political action, education himself, and to be engaged with the creative arts. Reverse side contains letter explaining that the Carnegie Institution of Washington has asked Atlanta University to study the past and present efforts in co-operative business among "Negro Americans."