This work by Booker T. Washington, “The Atlanta Exposition Address”, or also known as “The Atlanta Compromise”, was a speech given in 1895 at the Cotton States and International Exposition in Atlanta that had a lasting impact not only to the crowd listening, but to the nation as a whole. Booker T. Washington was admired and appreciated by many black Americans. Although, everyone in the African American Community admired his overall achievements leading up to his speech in Atlanta, some of his ideas and thoughts became very controversial within the black community and possibly encouraged the Jim Crow era by proposing the ideology of separate but equal. “The Atlanta Exposition Address,” was significant in shaping history because it; sparked a split and debate within the African American community over the ideas Booker T. Washington proposed in the address, and simultaneously affected the nation as a whole with future laws passed off the basis of Washington’s ideology. To understand the context of where Booker T. Washington’s stance is in the address, people must first understand Washington’s background and his audience during the speech.
Many people think WEB DuBois and Booker T. Washington as just rivals of their time. WEB DuBois believed in immediate equality for African Americans and wanted everyone to be equal. On the other hand Booker T. Washington wanted African Americans to accept their position and they would gain their equality gradually. In the end they were both Civil rights activists that wanted African American to be well educated and to be equal. Booker T. Washington did many great things during his lifetime.
The similarities between the two great African American leader in 19th and 20th century. Booker T. Washington and W.E.B Dubois. Both were the hope of generation because they were able to speak up to the rights for African American. Both wanted good education for African American for them to be recognize in the community and build a standard by their professions. both were against lynching because both wanted the lynching to be over .However, both of them have different way for Black social and economic progress.
Civil right smackdown Booker T. Washington vs. W.E.B Du Bois “We buy our way out of jail but we can't buy freedom.” A quote from Kanye's famous song, All Falls Down. In this verse Kanye is referring to how blacks can buy their way out of jail, but with all the money in the world they are still discriminated upon. Kanye is very similar to Booker T. Washington and W.E.B. Du Bois, this being in modern day activist get their messages out in different forms, his being music the most influential form of art. During the late 1800’s to the mid 1900’s is the time African Americans started to demand civil rights.
The Journey of African American Rights in the late 19th century As many know freedom was supposed to be granted to slaves in America after the Civil war, but what many do not know is the road it took to get equal rights for the freedmen after the war is still going on. The rights these freedmen thought they were getting did not happen, and it is taking people who spoke out against the differences between the white men and the African Americans. Two of these people were Booker T Washington and W.E.B DuBois. Now these men wanted the same thing
Again, DuBois was born in the North without half of the fight Southern African-Americans had to witness and live through. He did not go through the struggles of being a freed slave, or the extreme prejudice of being a Black in the South. Nor did he go through the personal struggles of being Black in the South. He and Washington’s upbringings were polar opposites, so the difference of their views is very understandable. Booker T. Washington was born as a slave in Franklin County, Virginia in the mid 1850’s, and had to start his childhood as a slave.
Washington wrote about his beliefs, and what he thought would be best for the world. Years later, W.E.B DuBois wrote about his beliefs, and his issue with Booker T. Washington’s documents. Booker T. Washington and W.E.B DuBois were influential to the development of the country, and how people began to accept african americans, and their culture. Booker T. Washington and W.E.B DuBois had different insights on the issue due to their views on how other cultures should accept african americans, and how african americans, should respond to other cultures.
Elizabeth Cobbs and Edward J. Blum were the authors of the article told by WEB DuBois about Booker T Washington. Elizabeth Cobbs, the recipient of many awards and fellowships from the Fulbright Commission, Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, Organization of American States, and other distinguished institutions. She is a professor at Texas A7M and she has won literary prizes for both fiction and history. Edward J. Blum, the co-author is also a professor but other than his counterpart, he is educating students’ history courses at San Diego University. He also is an award winning author and currently working on a project that explores issues of radical evil during the era of the civil war.
Booker T. Washington and W.E.B. Du Bois were two of the most important African American leaders of the early 20th century. Although they both fought for African American equality, they had very different ideas about how to get there. Practical accommodationism, which Booker T. Washington promoted, encouraged African-Americans to put forth a lot of effort and succeed through economic growth and education. He was of the opinion that African Americans shouldn't demand immediate rights, but instead focus on eventually obtaining respect and equality through hard effort and economic success. Washington supported segregation as well, arguing that it would provide African-Americans with more chances.
Imagine a world in which it is common knowledge that the black man is inferior to the white race. Imagine a world in which the supreme court case, Brown v. Board of Education had never taken place. Imagine a world in which the shooting of Michael Brown would have been normal. This world is the dream of the segregationist. This is the world one would have seen today if segregationist views influenced the people.
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.
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.”.
In the mid-to-late 1800s the African American community faced opposition and segregation. They were segregated from the whites and treated as second-class citizens. This segregation was caused in part by Jim Crow laws. Jim Crow laws separated races in schools, hospitals, parks, public buildings, and transportation systems. Both Booker T. Washington and W.E.B. Du Bois had ideas on how to improve African American lives, Washington believed in starting at the bottom and working up whereas Du Bois had an opposing viewpoint he saw starting from the bottom as submissive and believed African Americans should hold important jobs in order to demand equal treatment.
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.
The Philosophies of Booker T. Washington and W.E.B. Du Bois Two black leaders emerged in the tumultuous years following the Civil War - one from the North and one from the South. Both wanted equal rights for blacks but they did not agree on how to attain these changes in American society. These men were Booker T. Washington and W.E.B. Du Bois. They had similarities but also differences in their upbringing, education, and ideas for a path forward for black Americans at the time.
