In this American world, the Negro has been seen as lost and forgotten. For this
             reason, the world yields him no true self-consciousness, but only lets him see himself
             through the revelation of the other world. The two ideals of the Negro is that of his color
             and the struggle of attaining his self-conscious manhood. He simply wants to be seen by
             society as an individual and not judged by race. Thus, throughout history since
             Emancipation, the black man=s progression has been weak due to white society shaping his
             Nevertheless, the success of the Negro has driven many important and intellectual
             figures. For example, Booker T. Washington, Marcus Garvey, Alain Locke, and others
             have provided a clear path for the success of African-Americans in a society of prejudice,
             ignorance, and narrow-mindedness. Booker T. Washington bestowed a definite programme
             of industrial education, conciliation of the South, and submission to civil and political
             rights for Negroes. He founded Tuskegee, which also provided support for Negroes to a
             substantial education that southern whites would not allow them to have. However,
             criticism came from both the North and the South, in relation to Washington=s counsels
             of submission which overtook certain elements of true manhood, and that his educational
             programme was unneccessarily narrow. The influence of this opinion did not prevent the
             achievement of Negroes in education, civil rights, and political power.
             Another example, was Marcus Garvey, a black activist who encouraged American
             blacks and others of African heritage to unify for the common good. He established the
             United Negro Improvement Association (UNIA) in 1918-1919, in order to influence the
             movement of race solidarity. For this reason, Garvey=s philosophy marked a radical
             departure from the traditionally acceptable Civil Rights posture of political and financial
             equality with other races, especially whites;...