What Did W

question 34

Multiple Choice

What did W. E. B. Du Bois mean by the "Talented Tenth"?

• A) those Americans who, like him, attended elite schools such as Harvard
• B) those African Americans whose intellect and skills were never discovered or cultivated
• C) an elite set of African Americans for whom segregation should not apply
• D) an educated elite of African-American professionals and teachers

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