W.E.B Dubois and Fredrick Douglas both express the meaning of education to African Americans. Although they translate different emotions toward the topic they both explain that education was important to their freedom. Douglas states, “there is power in the human mind, but education is needed for its development” meaning that he believes that men have determination, but they need an education to be considered intelligent in society (Douglas). However, Dubois explains education to African Americans was to exceed and reach full potential. He states that, “It can thus be seen that the work of education in the South began with higher institutions of training, which threw off as their foliage common schools, and later industrial schools, and at