Ida B. Dubois Argument Essay

Throughout the twentieth century, African Americans fought to obtained equality. During this battle, many African Americans expressed their concerns about racism and plans to uplift their race. Ida B. Wells, Booker T. Washington, and W.E.B. DuBois were three speakers that caught many people attention. In an excerpt from Southern Horrors, Wells strongly states how feeling about lynching. She believed that lynching gave the “white man” the opportunity to kill the “black man” any time he feels the need. “Over the course of two years, 728 African Americans were lynched” (Wells). A wrongfully accused black man was lynch because the white men thought he raped a white woman. “The girl herself maintained that her assailant was a white man”, stated Wells. Wells believed that her people should demand that the lynch laws be condemned. If they (the white men) did not stop with the unnecessary lynching, her people should withdraw their labor. She stated, “If labor is withdrawn, capital will not remain.” This idea will make the whites cease their behavior if they want to make money. The plans of ceasing labor in order to get what you want was essential for black racial uplift. Washington had a different approach. He believed that African Americans should become friends with the people that surrounded
I recently read the Southern Horrors by Ida B. Wells, “The Atlanta Compromise” by Booker T. Washington, and “The Talented Tenth” by W.E.B. DuBois. All of them of were great readings, but Ida B. Wells approach to uplifting our people was the most influential. The white deprived of us so many opportunities, so why not deprived him of his own opportunity of making money. Like Wells said, “If labor is withdrawn, capital will not remain.” Then, they will see we cannot be used only for their good and treated like animals. We will be a force that will be uncontrollable if they do not respect us as they