Both DuBois and Washington can and were criticized for various aspects of their approaches‚ but it is an undeniable fact that they were both key figures in the advancement of African Americans‚ and their legacy and ideals are still visible even to this day. In this analysis‚ I will take an in-depth look at two of the most famous leaders of the black community and their two very different visions of the future. Although‚ both men shared many common ideas they sharply
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The Great Debate 2/18/2014 Booker T. Washington vs. W.E.B. DuBois Booker Taliaferro Washington was born a slave on a small farm in Virginia. After the emancipation he moved with his family to work in the salt and coal mines. After an education at Hampton Institute Booker received a teaching position at Hampton that sparked ideas for his future. In 1881 Booker found Tuskegee Institute. Though he offered nothing that was innovative in industrial education‚ he became the chief black exemplar
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were lazy‚ dishonest and extravagant.” written by W.E.B. Dubois (Dubois‚1935). This line is just one of the things that was said about and to the blacks after they were freed from slavery. Dubois was not the only one to write about the treatment of blacks. Gunnar Myrdal wrote about the blacks treatment‚ while Richard Wright told his story and how he was treated. The treatment of blacks foreshadows a long list of works to be written. Dubois wrote The Propaganda of History to show others how the blacks
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Washington. Booker T. Washington was born on April 5th‚ 1856. He was born a slave and grew up actually going through all the horrible things that in his future he ended up fighting for. Booker was a very brave man and set out on his own journey to better his life. He ended up leaving his home and walked 500 miles to Hampton Normal Agricultural Institute in Virginia. He ended up convincing the people who worked there to let him go to school and took a
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The book Booker T. Washington‚ W.E.B. Du Bois and the Struggle for Racial Uplift was affectively written by Jacqueline M. Moore and published in 2003. This book review will look at the following themes‚ Washington being a gradualist while Du Bois wanting confrontational immediacy‚ and the idiom‚ “if you can’t beat them join them.” What is also great about the book is that it starts with telling us about both philanthropist’s childhood to effectively reveal where each got their philosophies and unique
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During Washington’s prime years‚ he had many of followers and individuals who accepted his philosophy. But that changed dramatically once Du Bois stepped into the picture. According to an article about two professors contrasting Washington and Du Bois’s philosophy‚ professor Lewis states: "Well‚ for African-Americans‚ I think one has to say that Booker Washington served two masters."3 Many people believed that Washington did in fact serve two masters. While he did try to create ways to give African
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differently from the white population. African-Americans who transgressed the law‚ or who simply failed to show adequate deference to whites‚ could face deadly consequences. One study compiled by the NAACP reported 3‚224 killing of African-Americans between 1889 and 1919. In dealing with the struggle for equality and also in search of more respect from Whites‚ African-Americans responded in a number of ways. Those who could afford to do so moved in the Great Migration to northern and western cities. Though
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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 work. A few of
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“Continuing the Legacy of Booker T. Washington: Beyond the 21st Century” Booker T. Washington was an influential educator and African-American public figure throughout the 19th and early 20th centuries among both Blacks and Whites. Booker T. Washington is known for more than founding and becoming the first president of the Black college‚ Tuskegee University‚ in 1801. Booker T. Washington single-handedly contrived a generation of African-Americans who were effectuate‚ capable‚ and intelligent
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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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