“The tenth man, with superior natural endowments, symmetrically trained and highly developed, may become a mightier influence, a greater inspiration to others than all the other nine, or nine times nine like them.”
-Henry Lyman Morehouse
The Educated Tenth
The concept of the Talented Tenth was created by Henry Lyman Morehouse, the white man for whom Morehouse college was named after. Later, the phrase was popularized by W.E.B. DuBois in “The Negro Problem.”
The concept of The Educated Tenth combines this iconic phrase and modernizes it for the new age of intellectuals. This new wave of scholars is responsible for informing African-American students of the inner workings of education and identifying various opportunities for them to be successful. Once attendees complete one of the signature programs, they are officially a member of The Educated Tenth. This title demands the intentional work of educating others about the benefits of not only attending college but mastering the college experience and graduating. #educatedtenth #legacybuilder #ourancestorswildestdreams #OAWD
“The Negro race, like all races, is going to be saved by its exceptional men. The problem of education, then, among Negroes must first of all deal with the Talented Tenth; it is the problem of developing the Best of this race that they may guide the Mass away from the contamination and death of the Worst.”
- W.E.B. DuBois