Two leaders fighting for the same cause different 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
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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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Two great leaders of the black community in the late 19th and 20th century were W.E.B. Du Bois and Booker T. Washington. These men offer different strategies for dealing with the problems of poverty and discrimination facing Black Americans. Booker T. Washington?s gradualism stance gives him wide spread appeal among both blacks and whites‚ although W.E.B. Du Bois has the upper hand when it comes to his philosophy in dealing with economic prosperity and education among Blacks. These men had different
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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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have had for many years. Booker T. Washington and W.E.B. Du Bois were both civil rights leaders‚ however they had many different views they also had many similarities. Who were these leaders and what made them different but similar in many ways? Booker T. Washington was born in Hales Ford‚ Virginia in 1856. Washington was born into slavery‚ his mom was a cook for a plantation owner and his father was an unknown white man. Washington worked his way through school. Washington graduated from Hampton
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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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pointless. During the late 19th and early 20th century‚ Booker T. Washington and W.E.B DuBois came to be known as two of the great leaders in civil rights movement and more importantly in the education of the black community. Although Booker T. Washington and W.E.B DuBois have the common goal of improving the education of African Americans‚ both of these great leaders have different philosophies in the education of the black community. Booker T. Washington and W.E.B DuBois come from different backgrounds
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Booker T. Washington and W.E.B DuBois were two black persons who lived in different times in the Negros life in America‚ as slaves and as free slaves. Booker T. Washington was born a slave‚ but became a free slave‚ he‚ started to believed that Africans should work to win the respect of the whites. Also he‚ believed that blacks should just accept that whites are not responsible of why blacks are in a difficult economic and social situation‚ he said that "blacks should start from the bottom and work
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their self. Booker T. Washington felt this way too because he hard working black slave. In this essay I will prove to you that Booker T. Washington and W.E.B. Dubois have many similarities and differences. Washington was born as a slave in 1856. While Washington was a slave in his childhood‚ he carried 100 pound sacks of grain to the plantation mill. Since he was a slave he was not allowed to go to school but‚ his owner allowed him to study for one hour a day in the morning. Washington was a teacher
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