The term Talented Tenth, as used by W.E.B. Du Bois, described the chances of black men becoming leaders of the black race in the world. He felt the likelihood was one in ten.
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W.E.B. Du Bois articulated the idea of the Talented Tenth in a 1903 essay of the same title. In the essay he argues for the liberal education of talented Black youth. While others were more supportitive of industurial and labor intensive training for all Blacks, Du Bois pointed out that the newly emancipated people needed leaders and teachers with a high degree of liberal knowledge.
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The study of man and its philosophy in life is the philosophy of man. It is subdivided into several branches that include ethics.
During the tenth century, the country of Greenland was Christianized. Central Vietnam also received its independence from the country of China.
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