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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W. E. B. Du Bois William Edward Burghardt Du Bois was born on February 23‚ 1868‚ in Great Barrington‚ Massachusetts‚ to Alfred and Mary Silvina (née Burghardt) Du Bois. Mary Silvina Burghardt’s family was part of the very small free black population of Great Barrington‚ having long owned land in the state; she was descended from Dutch‚ African and English ancestors. William Du Bois’s maternal great-grandfather was Tom Burghardt‚ a slave (born in West Africa around 1730) who was held by the Dutch
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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 WEB Du Bois’ strategy
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weekly reading we read several primary sources relating towards how the Black community will advance and on which approach is best to uplift their people. After reviewing these documents‚ I notice the two opposing views between Booker T. Washington and W.E.B. Du Bois and the advantages/ disadvantages towards resistance and subserviences. In the Atlantic Compromise‚ Booker T. Washington essentially agreed that Southern blacks would not upset the social order of the South and would accept their position
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African Americans‚ have faced many challenges that‚ affected their day to day living. Getting a bit more specific the end of the nineteenth and the beginning of the twentieth century was a very important part of African Americans‚ as it was during the time slavery was abolished and the beginning of the civil war. From such an era rose many leaders within the African American community. Perfect examples of such leaders would be W.E.B Du Bois and Booker T. Washington. Two African Americans who grew
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W.E.B. Du Bois’: The Souls of Black Folk During 1903‚ W.E.B. Du Bois’ complied the influential book called The Souls of Black Folk‚ highlighting the struggles and experiences African Americans and Du Bois had. The formatting of the book varies from an autobiography to a series of essays‚ with each having a different theme. Du Bois meshes in life stories of the South and testimonies that his peers‚ himself‚ and others expressed. In these life stories‚ part of the focus was on the legacy of slavery
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Mikayla Ferchaw Pd. 4/5 DBQ for Booker T. Washington vs. W.E.B. Du Bois The Strategies of Booker T. Washington and W.E.B. Du Bois: Uncovered The time period of 1877 to 1915 was a period in history when the people of the Black race were being granted a free status‚ but equality‚ on the other hand‚ was not an option to some higher white officials. During this time period‚ many leaders started to fight for what they believed in by appealing to the white governing body for social equality. Two
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W.E.B Du Bois Student’s Name Institutional Affiliation W.E.B Du Bois America at the decades between XIX-XX centuries made its first efforts on the establishment of the democratic and force country. Civil war in the USA between the industrial North and the agrarian slaveholding South became 1861-1865 a turning point in the American history. The period of a post-war emptiness and fatigue came to change the innocent optimism of the young democratic nation
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between African-Americans and Americans. This “problem” is based off a color line presented in the 1800’s‚ of which separates the black and white races. Du Bois writes‚ The Souls of Black Folk‚ based on his life experiences in regards to the differences between African-Americans and Americans. There are two main ideas in the novel; accommodationism and the color line. Du Bois meets Booker T. Washington during a time in his life where he has decided to empower all African-Americans. Du Bois accuses Washington
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W. E. B. Du Bois’ The Souls of Black Folk (1903) illustrates a very timeless and well-read published piece of literary work. It spans the history of the Black people from the losses and humiliation they received to the achievements made with pride and determination. He uses his words to enable the reader(s) to feel the pain and anguish that the Black people endured for many decades. It is as if he is writing to a white audience. Du Bois contends that "the problem of the Twentieth Century is the
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