Running head: AFRICAN AMERICAN HISTORY
WEB Dubois and Booker T Washington’s program for African American advancement.
After the American civil war which transpired between 1867 to 1895, the African American came upon immense suffering, segregation and discrimination which arose from the local laws (Jimcrow’s laws) enacted by the state. During this time, they were denied to use public facilities and transportation which included the segregated carsand the interstate public trains.
During this era, two peerless leaders Edward Burghart Dubois and Booker T Washington came up with recommendations to lessen the dreadful situation encountered by the African Americans in a bid to elevate their living standards.
Based on his familiarity with the necessities and treatment of southern African
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They appreciated his efforts as astern rescuer to segregation.
AFRICAN AMERICAN HISTORY
On the other hand, Edward Dubois from Massachusetts state and who did not experience the harsh conditions of slavery in his early age, felt that equality of the blacks and the white was
Imperative unlike Booker T Washington. He also felt that blacks would have educated themselves in liberal traditions as the whites did.
Unlike Booker T, Dubois felt that voting and civil rights were vital, though he opposed giving the vote to the unlearned blacks.
Dubois and Washington difference emanated from the early age upbringing. Washington had faced the slavery situation in the mid-1850s before the emancipation which made him to learn the formal education in Hampton institute so as to improve his standards. However, at his early age, Dubois didn’t face the deplorable conditions of slavery at his childhood; rather he had been brought up in a white environment where he had all the freedom unlike Washington.
Their differences notwithstanding, these both preeminent leaders played a major role in the betterment of the African American lives.
Booker T. Washington and W.E.B. DuBois were two influential leaders in the late 19th and 20th century America. Despite many similarities in background, Dubois and Washington had conflicting viewpoints of the economic and social successes of African Americans. Their opposing philosophies can be found through study and discussion of their literary works. A notable disagreement can be found in Washington’s “Atlanta Compromise” speech and DuBois’s excerpt, Critique of Booker T. Washington, from his publication The Souls of Black Folk.
Booker T. Washington was born a slave and worked as a janitor to get through school. Whereas W.E.B. Du Bois was born in the North and faced very little discrimination, and had an easier time getting into College. They were well educated, and the only difference between them was how they were raised in different environments. Both were on the journey to improve African American’s social and political status in America. However, they had different methods for getting what they wanted.
E. B. DuBois was a white civil rights leader during the nineteenth century. In 1903, DuBois critiqued Booker T. Washington’s “Atlanta Compromise” in an essay called “Of Mr. Booker T. Washington and Others” within his book, The Souls of Black Folk . DuBois asked for political power, insistence on civil rights, and higher education for African Americans. Booker T. Washington’s speech was looked at by many and to the radicals it looked like a “complete surrender of the demand for civil and political equality”(DuBois) for the entire African American population. Abolitionists such as Frederick Douglass and W. E. B. DuBois disagreed with the idea of accommodation and submission.
Booker T. Washington was a well-known and influential black leader. He was born into slavery and despite that he still received his education as a child growing up. He stressed the need for economic progress rather than political rights. His strategy was to work within the system to get where you want or need to be; start from the bottom and to the top but without the protest and violence. Booker T Washington felt that education, industrial farming, enterprise and thrift would eventually lead to African Americans being accepted as citizens.
W.E.B Du Bois and Booker T Washington were both major historical african american leaders. During their time period african americans needed somebody to lead them as a race. Someone that was willing to make sacrifices for the sake of a nation. Du Bois and Washington both were the leaders african americans needed but there was a dilma. Washington and Du Bois both had the same goal but they had their different ways of going about it.
Booker T. Washington and W.E.B DuBois’ had similar perspectives but they also had different point of views of what black African American people needed to do in order to fit into mainstream American Society. In my opinion, I think that W.E.B had the best ideas for what the black race should do to fit into American Society. Du Bois feels as though black people should speak up for their rights and just speak up in general. Unlike Washington who was a compromiser he tells everyone what they want to hear and tries to appease them. Washington and Du Bois both believed in education.
The other half, more liberal and what some called radical, veered to the left with Du Bois. Both men were very well-educated, and argued their beliefs well, and raised some great points, but I believe W. E. B. Du Bois had the better argument for how to help black advancement.
Two significant African American leaders with different beliefs for achieving racial advancement and equality in the United States first came to in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. When it came to addressing the subject of race in America, Booker T. Washington and W.E.B. DuBois had different techniques, and their beliefs frequently ran counter to one another. Booker T. Washington and W.E.B DuBois both believed in having African Americans gain their freedom and civil rights but their ideologies to get there differed. Their philosophies will be displayed to show how similar and different they are.
Du Bois, on the other hand, had a very different vision of what freedom should look like for African Americans in the South. In his essay “Of Booker T. Washington and Others,” published in 1903, Du Bois criticized Washington’s emphasis on economic progress and self-reliance. He argued that this approach only perpetuated the idea that African Americans were inferior and could only gain acceptance through hard work and submission. Du Bois wrote, “Mr. Washington distinctly asks that black people give up, at least for the present, three things— First, political power, Second, insistence on civil rights, Third, higher education of Negro youth—and concentrate all their energies on industrial education, the accumulation of wealth, and the conciliation of the South.” 3 Du Bois believed this approach only reinforced the idea that African Americans were second-class citizens and that true freedom could only be achieved through political and social
Frederick Douglas and Booker T. Washington worked both hard to help their race, but had a variety of similar and differing experiences. They both were born slaves, well known speakers, and writers. These great men and a large and positive impact on
Thesis statement: The two great leaders in the black community debating about the issues that face the Negro race and Du Bois gave a compelling argument by using pathos, logos and ethos to create an essay that will appear to all readers. Outline: This essay will showcase the contradicting philosophies between W.E.B Du Bois and Booker T. Washington. Also, paying close attention to the different types of leadership between the two historic leaders in the black community. Both W.E.B Du Bois and Booker T. Washington contributed to and helped shape the future of African Americans.
Achieving African American Equality Booker T. Washington and W.E.B Du Bois were two of the most influential advocates for African American equality during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries (Blatty, 1). Although both men ultimately had the same goal, their methods for achieving African American equality were remarkably different. To begin, the men had conflicting ideas about what constituted as African American equality. Booker T. Washington argued that the accumulation of wealth and the ability to prove that Blacks were productive members of society would be the mark of true equality for African Americans (Painter, 155).
W.E.B DuBois’ plan was smarter than Booker T. Washington’s because DuBois’ plan was to fight for the rights of African Americans, and give people a good and equal education. Booker T Washington’s plan was to ignore segregation and discrimination so he can just focus on the wealth and education of former slaves to win over the whites acceptance. One part of DuBois’ plan was the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, NAACP. This Association was one of the most influential civil rights organization. It “focused on legal strategies designed to confront the critical civil rights issues.”.
Booker T. Washington believed that in order to eventually achieve racial equality African
W.E.B. Du Bois and Booker T. Washington were two great leaders of the black community in the late 19th and 20th century. They both had the same intent with their thought but they came from two different backgrounds so it was hard for them to have agreement. Booker T. Washington spent his early childhood in slavery. W. E. B. DuBois grew up both free and in the North. Ergo, he did not experience the harsh conditions of slavery or of southern prejudice he grew up with white Americans and even attended predominately white schools.