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    and Booker T. Washington were both American personalities that assumed great importance in the history of the United States. Franklin was born in 1706‚ in Boston‚ to an English father and an American mother. Washington‚ on the other hand‚ having a family history of slaves‚ did not know his origins or anything about his ancestries. As the author himself says in his autobiography‚ “My life had its beginning in the midst of the most miserable‚ desolate‚ and discouraging surroundings.” (Washington‚ p

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    Booker T. Washington: The Educator Booker Taliaferro Washington was born in the time era when slavery was still legal and when born on a plantation‚ he was born into slavery. He worked as a child laborer on the plantation in harsh conditions. Once the Civil war was over‚ Washington was a freeman. However he continued to do manual labor while working in a coal mine. While listening in on a couple of fellow workers’ conversation about a college for blacks‚ he became so intrigued from the way the

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    schools. More most blacks the emancipation and the ending of the civil war was a huge change; socially‚ economically and politically. In 1865 Booker T. Washington and his family moved to West Virginia where he worked as a salt packer. Booker was a former slave and an educator. In 1881‚ he founded the Tuskegee Institute in Alabama. In 1872‚ Booker T. Washington left home and walked 500 miles to Hampton Normal Agricultural Institute in Virginia. Along the way he took odd jobs to take care of himself

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    laws. Segregation was going on everywhere and there was no equality for blacks. Even through these times of 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

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    Georgia 1895‚ Booker T. Washington would deliver a speech called the “Atlanta Compromise Address”. Influential speech made by Washington and ant one point almost not allowed to be spoken‚ especially to an all white audience. However‚ having a black speaker would and should impress the Northerners and prove the racial changes in the south. Washington speech would provide the theory of “cast their buckets where they are” for all blacks. Beginnings to the end of Washington address‚ Washington use many

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    Washington vs. DuBois Booker T. Washington and W.E.B Dubois had different views on how they were going to work towards equality for blacks. Booker T was the dominant african american leader from 1890 to 1915. Dubois graduated from Harvard University and was the leader of the Niagara Movement. Booker T wanted the blacks to work for their equality. “No race can prosper till it learns that there is as much dignity in tilling a field as in writing a poem. It is at the bottom of life we must

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    The Civil Rights Movement was perhaps the most progressive era for Black-Americans in their long-term quest for achieving equality. The movement emerged in the 1950’s and 1960’s after years of socioeconomic injustice and racial prejudice came to a boil. The contributions and sacrifices of leaders during the movement led to enormous strides in closing the racial gap between black and white‚ however leaders prior to the movement should also be accredited with the success. W.E.B Du Bois is an archetype

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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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    believe that race plays a major role in our daily lives. W.E.B Dubois is well known for his contributions to sociological theory. He not only focused on free value‚ but on race as well. Du Bois insisted on full civil rights‚ education and economic opportunities for people of color. Racism was the main target for W.E.B Dubois and he strongly protested against discrimination in education and employment. Du Bois claimed that the “race idea”

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    we not given the same privileges and were treated different than people of lighter skin. Many social leaders took a stand and were willing to help African Americans change the way the black race was perceived by the rest of society‚ such as Booker T. Washington. However Du Bois had a different approach to help uplift and reject the negative

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