The Autobiography of William Sanders Scarborough
The Autobiography of William Sanders Scarborough If W.E.B Du Bois, the antecedent of today's black public intellectuals, himself has an antecedent, it is W. S. - Henry Louis Gates Jr.This…
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The Autobiography of William Sanders Scarborough
If W.E.B Du Bois, the antecedent of today's black public intellectuals, himself has an antecedent, it is W. S. - Henry Louis Gates Jr.This illuminating autobiography traces Scarborough's path out of slavery in Macon, Georgia, to a prolific scholarly career that culminated with his presidency of Wilberforce University. Scarborough, the black scholar's scholar.
He was the first African American member of the Modern Language Association, a forty-four-year member of the American Philological Association, and a true champion of higher education. Despite the racism he met as he struggled to establish a place in higher education for African Americans, Scarborough was an exemplary scholar, particularly in the field of classical studies. Scarborough advocated the reading, writing, and teaching of liberal arts at a time when illiteracy was rampant due to slavery's legacy, white