Brianna westcott The reconstruction’s “Big Three” essay Booker T. Washington ‚ W.E.B DuBois ‚ & Marcus Garvey had strong thoughts about the advancement of racial equality ..Washington main focus was for blacks to get educated before trying to fight for rights .DuBois focus was for blacks to demand rights then become educated and be able to do self evaluations.Garvey main focus was to get blacks to migrate back to their homeland which is africa rather than staying in america to fight for
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Amendment in 1865‚ the black community was in no way truly free; racial violence and black-oppression were as high as ever. As the Consensus grew darker and more menacing two major Conflict theorists‚ Booker T. Washington and William E. Du Bois‚ fought for equality from two very different angles. The end of
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teachers and others eloquently argued on behalf of freedom and justice for Black Americans‚ advocating various strategies for achieving racial and economic equality. Two such leaders who helped shape the political discourse were Ida B. Wells and Booker T. Washington. Urging politically divergent approaches‚ they both wanted African American people and men in particular‚ to be valued and respected by the white south. However‚ they differed significantly in the means by which they believed such change would
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equal position in society like white men. Booker T. Washington (1856-1915) and W.E.B. (William Edward Burghardt) Du Bois (1868-1963) were two well-educated African Americans‚ who were both civil right supporters‚ but both disagree on various issues; their philosophy on education for African Americans were contraries; Du Bois promoted African American equality‚ voting and high education while Washington was in favor of industrial education. Booker T. Washington was born on April 5‚ 1856. His biological
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southern-born Booker T. Washington‚ a former slave and America’s foremost black
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Washington were both very intelligent men who made history for African-Americans. Words can’t begin to explain just how thankful we should be for the two of them as they helped shaped American history into what it is today. Although they were both very great
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ways Booker T. and W.E.B Du Bois were both leaders for equal rights of African Americans. These men had the same goal they wanted to reach‚ equal right for African Americans‚ but they approached the situation differently W.E.B Du Bois is a colored man born in 1868 and graduated from the university of Berlin and Harvard becoming the first African American to have a doctorates degree. He was a civil-rights activist which means he fought for the rights and equality of African Americans. Du Bois approaches
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trouble there were two dominant leaders in the African American community. Booker T. Washington was a well-known intellectual who was born an emancipated slave who became a self-made man. One could argue Washington was too practical. He believed that there was no way in the near term that whites would grant full equality to African-Americans‚ and therefore he should try to achieve what equality he could. Opposing him
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listening to a man who was reading a newspaper. His mom was thrilled about his excitement for education which led her to buy him his first book‚ Webster’s Blue-Black Speller. This Young Man is none other than Mr. Booker T. Washington. Mr. Booker T. Washington was very influential
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The Influences of Marcus M. Garvey and Booker T. Washington In the early years of the twentieth century‚ there was a major problem for African Americans. There was the question of how to respond to a white society that greatly supported white supremacy and refused to treat blacks as equals. In hopes to find a solution‚ many African American leaders devoted much time and energy to finding ways that would resolve this problem. Two of these leaders‚ in particular‚ were very prosperous at
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