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The 10 pages that link to Talented Tenth, each with the reason it gives.

• W. E. B. Du BoisBroader topic: This influential argument expressed his early strategy for developing Black leadership through education.

• Booker T. WashingtonCompared with: Du Bois’s emphasis on university education differed from Washington’s stress on vocational training.

• Langston HughesCompared with: Hughes often centered ordinary Black people rather than elite leadership.

• The CrisisRelated: The magazine’s early editorial program reflected Du Bois’s emphasis on leadership, education, and cultural achievement.

• Niagara MovementRelated: It raises questions about the leadership model associated with Du Bois and Niagara activism.

• Racial upliftBroader topic: This leadership model accepted education as a route to uplift while opposing Washington’s vocational emphasis.

• The New NegroCompared with: Its elite-led program differed from wider claims that the New Negro represented a collective awakening.

• The Souls of Black FolkRelated: The book’s emphasis on higher education anticipates Du Bois’s later formulation of this idea.

• Jessie R. FausetCompared with: Fauset’s fiction depicts both the promise and the social pressures surrounding elite respectability.

• Wallace ThurmanCompared with: Thurman’s portraits of artists and intellectuals resist idealizing elite leadership.