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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 nineteenth and the beginning of the twentieth centuries. Using the documents and your knowledge of the period 1877-1915‚ assess the appropriateness of each of these strategies in the historical context in which each was developed. In reference to the years between 1877 and 1915‚ I assessed that‚ based on between each of

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    Dubois and Washington

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    DuBois and Washington on Education Over 100 years ago W.E.B DuBois and Booker T. Washington began a debate over strategies for black social and economic progress‚ which is still prevalent today. Booker T. Washington believed that the role of education for African Americans should be an industrial one‚ where as W.E.B DuBois wanted African Americans to become engaged in a Liberal Arts education. Washington ’s approach to solving the problems African Americans faced was rooted in his belief in

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    NAME : Ruel Higgins FACAULTY : Social Science IDENTIFICATION NUMBER : 620057485 TUTORIAL ROOM : Social Science Faculty Office Seminar Room 6 TIME : 4:00 P.M Wednesdays TUTOR’S NAME : ESSAY QUESTION : W.E.B. Du Bois is the “big man” in sociology. Make the case for Du Bois as a founding father of the discipline. DATE OF SUBMISSION : November 15‚ 2013 W.E.B. Du Bois is the “big man” in sociology. Make the case for Du Bois as a founding father of the discipline. Who is W.E

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    After reading what Du Bois felt about Washington‚ I began to realize that some of his values align with the BLM movement. Du Bois believed that blacks could co-exist with white supremacists as long as they were educated‚ but he only believed in a talented group. The BLM movement believes that everyone has the equal right to live in a society where they are all valued and recognized. Many of the ideas and missions of the BLM movement are to give everyone the equal and respected opportunity. Many of

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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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    time.” (How many…) Beethoven was the most talented composer of all time. From an early age‚ Beethoven has taken and interest in music. “His father was a musician at the court of Bonn.” (Biography). His father taught him day and night. “Without a doubt‚ the child was gifted and his father Johann envisioned creating a new Mozart‚ a child prodigy.” (Biography) Everything Beethoven was learning as a child‚ made him become who we all know today‚ a very talented musician. On March 26th 1776‚ when Beethoven

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    basketball rather than talking. It is said Jones has three special character traits that not many talented athletes his age have: focus‚ priorities‚ and the ability to be humble. “I guess [I am humble]‚ I don’t really brag much about being good”‚ says Jones‚ looking down and shrugging his shoulders. Not only does Jones set a positive example with his humble attitude‚ he sets an example with his work ethic. A tenth grader that is highly respected and looked up to without trying is a rarity in itself. Jones’s

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    Pan-Africanism and the Organization of African Unity    Pan Africanism Definition Pan-Africanism is a sociopolitical worldview‚ and philosophy‚ as well as a movement‚ which seeks to unify both native Africans and those of the African Diaspora‚ as part of a "global African community".             Pan Africanism represents the aggregation of the historical‚ cultural‚ spiritual‚ artistic‚ scientific and philosophical legacies of Africans from past times to the present. Pan Africanism

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    “Good ideas are common – what’s uncommon are people who’ll work hard enough to bring them about” (Brilliant). The different approach that William Edward Burghardt Du Bois and Booker Taliaferro Washington had to the issue of slavery in the South is not what makes them recognized today. They are recognized for their outstanding efforts to implement their ideas in the black society and set the precedent for others like Martin Luther King and Rosa Parks to follow. Just like Brilliant stated‚ their “uncommon”

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    W. E. B. Dubois Biography

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    Dev Patel Ms. Waxmonsky APUSH II Pd. 3 November 11‚ 2015 Biography De Bois William Edward Burghardt Du Bois‚ otherwise known as W.E.B. Du Bois‚ was born on February 23‚ 1868‚ in Great Barrington‚ Massachusetts. W.E.B. Du Bois was born during the term of President Andrew Johnson. In his early life‚ he attended racially integrated elementary and high schools and went off to Fiske College in Tennessee at age 16 on a scholarship. Since he was born in the north‚ Du Bois never encountered racial segregation

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