They both focus on education and eliminating discrimination; however, Washington encourages the African Americans to accept their inferiority and limits them to only common-schools, whereas Dubois insists that African Americans demand complete equality with Whites in all aspects of life, including higher education. ... Washington, born in 1856 to a slave mother and an unknown white man, faced many obstacles throughout his lifetime, which may have influenced his views on equality for African Americans (Harlan). ... He says that "Negroes must insist continually, in season and out of season,...

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