Booker T. Washington 1895 Atlanta Compromise Speech Mr. President and Gentlemen of the Board of Directors and Citizens: One-third of the population of the South is of the Negro race. No enterprise seeking the material‚ civil‚ or moral welfare of this section can disregard this element of our population and reach the highest success. I but convey to you‚ Mr. President and Directors‚ the sentiment of the masses of my race when I say that in no way have the value and manhood of the American Negro
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Steps for Integration: Booker T vs. WEB Du Bois Booker T. Washington and W.E.B. Du Bois both had their own individual approaches for dealing with Black America’s poverty‚ discrimination‚ and segregation problems at the end of the 19th and beginning of the 20th centuries. Their opposing strategies both greatly assisted their race through the times of struggle. They fought for the same thing‚ but had different ways of handling the situation in order to change the country at that time. Although
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Booker T. v. WEB DuBois DBQ During the late nineteenth century and early twentieth century there was a social reform taking place within the South. The Civil War had just ended and Lincoln freed the slaves. The slaves were now free to join the others in society‚ but they still faced many issues‚ which still made them less superior to all other humans within Southern society. Booker T. and WEB DuBois‚ two of the strongest leaders of the black during this time‚ had two very different strategies to
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prosper until it learns there is as much dignity in tilling a field as in writing a poem.”-Booker T. Washington We should admire Booker T. Washington‚ an intelligent freed slave who rose above the criticisms of white men through much hard
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W.E.B Du Bois and Booker T. Washington were intelligent men that wanted equality for black Americans‚ however the paths they wanted to take were polar opposites. Washington was against agitating the South‚ government‚ and white people as a whole. Washington believed that the South would not find a better workforce or grateful workers than that of former slaves. He called upon on black and white Americans to ‘cast down your bucket where you are (Washington 25). He wanted black Americans to look for
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In the age of Booker T. Washington’s “Atlanta Compromise” program‚ Americans viewed formal education as a road to equality amongst social groups‚ and many of the immigrants and their descendants eagerly embraced schooling as a means of upward mobility. Even though this theory was the farthest thing away from the truth‚ these schools were separated and grouped children according to their culture‚ religion‚ and class as well as skin color. These schools were established by reformers and missionaries
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I believe that Booker T. Washington’s book Up From Slavery is the most dramatic record of Washington’s dedication to the education of black Americans. The book tells about his struggle for education and how Booker T. Washington strives even harder to make sure that black Americans have education. Washington became one of the most influential African-American intellectuals of the late 19th century. He preached a philosophy of self-help
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“Good ideas are common – what’s uncommon are people who’ll work hard enough to bring them about” (Brilliant). The different approach that William Edward Burghardt Du Bois and Booker Taliaferro Washington had to the issue of slavery in the South is not what makes them recognized today. They are recognized for their outstanding efforts to implement their ideas in the black society and set the precedent for others like Martin Luther King and Rosa Parks to follow. Just like Brilliant stated‚ their “uncommon”
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would be W.E.B Du Bois and Booker T. Washington. Two African Americans who grew up in different times‚ with two very separate views on how African Americans should live and what should be fighting for. Forming very different‚ yet somewhat similar views on education and equality. Education was an
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way. These very brave men an women put their lives‚ careers‚ everything the had on the line for our generation to be how it is now. Some of the main problems they had were segregation among living arrangements and education. Web Du Bois and Booker Washington are two activist who grew up with these similar problems. Although one was semi more fortunate than the other‚ their
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