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Compare And Contrast Booker T. Washington And W. E. B. Dubois

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After the reconstruction of the South had failed, the first civil rights movement began. The two most notable names from this movement were Booker T. Washington and W.E.B. DuBois. These two men had extremely different up brings, came from different sides of the country, but each wanted to bring about equality for blacks although they opposing ideas of how to bring it about. Washington wanted Blacks to work for it, proving they deserved it and earning equality slowly. Meanwhile, Du Bois wanted Blacks to be more aggressive and to fight for their rights. This paper will review which method was the most productive for this time period. Booker T. Washington had a rather difficult upbringing. He was born a slave and grew up in a poor family. As
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