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    Washington were both very intelligent men who made history for African-Americans. Words can’t begin to explain just how thankful we should be for the two of them as they helped shaped American history into what it is today. Although they were both very great

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    W.E.B Du Bois Student’s Name Institutional Affiliation W.E.B Du Bois America at the decades between XIX-XX centuries made its first efforts on the establishment of the democratic and force country. Civil war in the USA between the industrial North and the agrarian slaveholding South became 1861-1865 a turning point in the American history. The period of a post-war emptiness and fatigue came to change the innocent optimism of the young democratic nation

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    Mikayla Ferchaw Pd. 4/5 DBQ for Booker T. Washington vs. W.E.B. Du Bois The Strategies of Booker T. Washington and W.E.B. Du Bois: Uncovered The time period of 1877 to 1915 was a period in history when the people of the Black race were being granted a free status‚ but equality‚ on the other hand‚ was not an option to some higher white officials. During this time period‚ many leaders started to fight for what they believed in by appealing to the white governing body for social equality. Two

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    Booker T. Washington vs. W.E.B Du Bois In the late 19th century and early 20th century‚ in the era of segregation‚ Booker T. Washington and W.E.B Du bois had conflicting views to improve the black community. Booker T. Washington’s speech in 1895 at the Atlanta Cotton States and the International Exposition was about praising the south on improvements the whites have made for the blacks in the south. W.E.B Du Bois in 1903 boldly shares his opinions of Booker T. Washington

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    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 and equality of African Americans. Du Bois approaches

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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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    Mr. Cleary ELA8H‚ period 7 11/12/13 "Booker T. Washington vs. W.E.B Dubois" Booker T. Washington and W.E.B Dubois were two famous African American leaders during the late 19th and early 20th centuries. They were both activists and wanted blacks to have an education; they also wanted to end discrimination towards blacks. These leaders both wrote great speeches which clearly specified what they thought was right for African Americans. Even though Washington and Dubois focused on the same social‚

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    Booker T. Washington and W.E.B. Du Bois were both two very inspiring black men of their time. Washington was born a slave on the Burroughs Tobacco farm. After that he moved multiple times with his family. The only thing that stayed the same each time he moved was the feeling of discrimination. Du Bois on the other hand was born on a “Free-Slave” plantation. Du Bois attended school without working‚ instead of being a slave with no education. When his father died the family of the plantation disowned

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    W.E.B. DuBois and Booker T.Washington were both influential men during the Civil Rights movement. Even though they were both extremely influential‚ they both had contrasting points of views on which actions to take when it comes to racial equality. Booker T. Washington believed social equality would happen over time when the African Americans became economically well built and powerful. W.E.B. DuBois thought that political and social equality was necessary‚ so he came up with the movements such as

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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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