And I can’t change, even if I tried, even if I wanted to.” The song Same Love by Macklemore, spoke to the essence of Booker T. Washington and W.E.B Du Bois by telling us that we can’t change our race or skin color no matter what the circumstances are. This song relates to these people because they were treated unfairly and fought for their rights to have equality for all people. Booker T. and W.E.B. are both successful and influential Americans to live during the 1800s and 1900s. They supported African-American rights and wanted to change American society. Booker T. Washington and W.E.B. Du Bois both compare and contrast their views on rights for African-Americans by wanting equality, but in different ways.
Booker T. and W.E.B. were African-American leaders that both worked hard to change and progress the society they were apart of. To begin, starting with Booker T. He was born into slavery in 1856 in Virginia. After the Civil War, he worked in a salt mine for a white family and also attended one of the first all black schools which was …show more content…
were similar yet different in many ways. Their views differ on achieving equality. The differences begin with the fact that Booker T. was born a slave and had little freedom while W.E.B. was living in a town with education that excelled and so did he. One of Booker T’s strongest beliefs was that to reach equality, all blacks should show themselves as independent and hard-workers. W.E.B. believed that all men should receive a good education for blacks to be treated fairly. Another viewpoint that differs from the both of them is that Booker T. believed that all African-Americans should accept the fact that they are discriminated in some ways and that they should all focus on themselves to become more self-determining people. W.E.B. has the opposite opinion and he says that all discrimination is repugnant and all people of color should oppose for themselves and each