To begin with‚ Booker T. Washington and W.E.B DuBois were two important leaders in the Civil Rights Movement. They both had their opposing views on segregation and racism‚ yet they both wanted more rights and equality for African Americans. They both had a great goal that they wanted to meet. However‚ In my opinion‚ W.E.B. DuBois had a greater general idea on how to help African Americans. One of the reasons why I say this is because he was against segregation. Also‚ he founded the Niagara Movement
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Ida Wells Born July 16‚ 1862 Holly Springs‚ Mississippi Died March 25‚ 1931 (aged 68) Chicago‚ Illinois Education Freedman ’s School‚ Rust College‚ Fisk University Occupation Civil rights & Women ’s rights activist Spouse Ferdinand L. Barnett Parents James Wells and Elizabeth "Izzy Bell" Warrenton Ida Bell Wells-Barnett (July 16‚ 1862 – March 25‚ 1931) was an African-American journalist‚ newspaper editor and
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Ida B. Wells: Courageous Success Introduction The Harlem Renaissance was a time period that began after World War I and lasted until the middle of the 1930’s depression‚ this era refers to a time of written and artistic creativity among African Americans. During this movement creativity was brought‚ but unfortunately so was discrimination and crimes that often occurred. A woman named Ida B. Wells was commonly referred to as the fearless crusader‚ suffragist‚ women’s right advocate‚ journalist
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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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This quote was stated by Ida B. Wells. Wells was born in Holly Springs‚ Mississippi‚ in 1862 and died in Chicago‚ Illinois‚ in 1931 at the age of 69. When Wells was young‚ the epidemic " Yellow Fever"‚ ravaged through Mississippi‚ killing her parents and her youngest sibling. She became a teacher in order to support her remaining family. Despite the racism she had faced during her teaching career‚ her first act of defiance towards discrimination was in Memphis‚ 1884. Wells was ordered to leave her
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In the early 1900’s both Booker T. Washington and W.E.B Du Bois presented a plan for racial justice. While the two plans fought for the same people‚ their approach‚ ideologies‚ and goals differed. Both men were brave to speak out‚ but overall Du Bois created a plan that was radical and one that represented the African American community well. Du Bois most compelling tool used in his plan for racial justice lies in his word choices. The way he uses metaphors like “the veil” and “double consciousness”
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Washington‚ who accepted racial segregation. In 1903‚ Du Bois published‚ “The Souls of Black Folks‚” Du Bois argued that Washington’s strategy kept the black man down rather than free him. In 1905‚ Du Bois started the Niagara Movement‚ but was fail‚ so then
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declared freedom for the men of the south. In 1868‚ W.E.B. DuBois was born in the small community of Great Barrington‚ Massachusetts (Biographay.com). As an African-American child in a predominately Caucasian town‚ DuBois flourished despite the discord of prejudice that plagued the nation. It was in Nashville‚ Tennessee‚ when he was a freshman in college‚ the Jim Crow laws made a profound impression upon DuBois. Throughout his lifetime‚ DuBois succeeded in many
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The national identities of Williams‚ Dubois‚ and Nkrumah garnered a special place within their styles of thinking. Each man has an emotional connection to their nationality and applies it to their Pan-Africanist philosophies. Williams was born in Trinidad and spent practically his whole life under British colonialism. Milfred Fierce points to the influence of Africa in his early life‚ as local newspapers and periodicals carried information regarding activities and events on the African continent
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their concerns about racism and plans to uplift their race. Ida B. Wells‚ Booker T. Washington‚ and W.E.B. DuBois were three speakers that caught many people attention. In an excerpt from Southern Horrors‚ Wells strongly states how feeling about lynching. She believed that lynching gave the “white man” the opportunity to kill the “black man” any time he feels the need. “Over the course of two years‚ 728 African Americans were lynched” (Wells). A wrongfully accused black man was lynch because the white
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