Booker T. v. WEB DuBois DBQ During the late nineteenth century and early twentieth century there was a social reform taking place within the South. The Civil War had just ended and Lincoln freed the slaves. The slaves were now free to join the others in society‚ but they still faced many issues‚ which still made them less superior to all other humans within Southern society. Booker T. and WEB DuBois‚ two of the strongest leaders of the black during this time‚ had two very different strategies to
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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 as lower class citizen as long as their basic education
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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 of adapting to the ideals and attitudes of whites. This shows importance because‚ Washington was one of the most popular black leaders of his time. Du Bois thinks that black Americans were possessing a double conscious‚ of which their
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careers‚ everything the had on the line for our generation to be how it is now. Some of the main problems they had were segregation among living arrangements and education. Web Du Bois and Booker Washington are two activist who grew up with these similar problems. Although one was semi more fortunate than the other‚ their
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Booker T. Washington was the most important black educator of the late and early 20th centuries; he positively impacted the history of America. Booker Taliaferro was born a mulatto slave in Franklin County‚ Virginia on April 5th 1856. Booker had 3 other si His father was an unknown white man and his mother was a slave of James Burroughs. His mothers “master” was a small farmer from Virginia. His mother got married to a man named Washington Ferguson. When booker started school he took his stepfathers
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Booker T Washington and W.E.B Du Bois offered different strategies for dealing with the problems of poverty and discrimination faced by black Americans at the end of the 19th and beginning of the 20th centuries. By using my knowledge of the documents and my knowledge of the period 1877-1915‚ I was able to asses the appropriateness of each of the strategies in the historical context in which it was developed. I came to the conclusion that Booker T Washington’s strategy was more appropriate for
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they have more even closer relationships. Both of these men were leaders and founders of the NAACP. Being involved in the Niagara movement also was a common factor these to share. They were married and were born into a mixed raced family. Booker T. Washington was born in April 5‚ 1856 he became an African American author‚ orator‚ and advisor to presidents of the United States. Has a
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cultivate soul ’ and they tell the others one of the story in the book——Mr. Washington. The story was starting in a school and the main character is called Brown. Brown is a student who is a little bit clumsy so many classmates didn’t like him. However‚ Brown met Mr. Washington in a lesson and Mr. Washington told him he is a clever boy and don’t despise himself. After that‚ Brown met Mr. Washington again in a address. The speech of Mr. Washington is encouraging student realize their
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Dubois was a critic of his fellow counterpart‚ Booker T. Washington. Although he respected and praised Washington for his work‚ he heavy disagreed in the direction that Washington wanted the negro population to head into. Dubois saw problems in Washington’s notions. And spoke of an imaginary veil that was placed on the negro population‚ and that the white population would always look down to them. Although all negroes were emancipated decades prior‚ it is this “submissive” act that allowed white
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of the period‚ Booker T. Washington‚ who‚ preaching a philosophy of accommodation‚ urged blacks to accept discrimination for the time being and elevate themselves through hard work and economic gain‚ thus winning the respect of the whites. In 1903‚ in his famous book The Souls of Black Folk‚ Du Bois charged that Washington’s strategy‚ rather than freeing the black man from oppression‚ would serve only to perpetuate it. This attack crystallized the opposition to Booker T. Washington among many black
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