Compare And Contrast Washington And W. E. B Dubois

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Booker T. Washington and W.E.B Du Bois were African-American thinkers who had a vision of how African Americas should be treated with equality. The two historians had many similarities such as both of them believed that both Americans and Africans should have equal rights. Both W.E.B. Du Bois and Booker T. Washington advocated for the rights and equality of African-Americans. However, they differed on how and when African-Americans should achieve their rights. According to Booker T., the African-Americans should first concentrate on getting jobs and obtain vocational training. After securing employment and attain financial independence, they should seek political position to achieve political equality. According to what he summarized as Atlanta Compromise, political justice can only be obtained by gaining economic equality. On the other hand, W.E.B Du Bois believed that the African-Americans should gain both political …show more content…

Both of them advocated that the wealth that was collected after industrialization should be used to help the poor in the society. The two historians had contrasting attitudes on how those who failed to benefit from industrialization from those who had accumulated wealth as a result of industrialization. For example, according to Andrew Carnegie advocated for the gospel of wealth and set an example by donating $ 300 million back to the society. Andrew believed that the wealth accumulated after industrialization should be taken back to the society. Andrew and Eugen differed on how the poor should be helped. According to Eugene, the poor should be helped directly to enable them to meet their daily needs. On the other hand, Andrew believed that helping the poor directly would make them dependent on others hence he insisted that his money should primarily be used to build the libraries to help the community at

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