Washington was born in Virginia in 1856. Even though he was born into slavery, he received a teaching degree from a freedman's school in Hampton, Virginia. In 1881 he founded what is now known as Tuskegee University. Booker T. Washington's major focus was to educate African Americans in agriculture and carpentry. Washington believed that once African Americans gained economic status, racism would subside. Washington also believed that African Americans needed to be patient and that they needed to accept the fact that African American people would be subjected to racism. Booker T. Washington was also the first African American man to be invited to the White House by Theodore Roosevelt. Booker T. Washington is attributed to saying, "more and more, we must learn to think not in terms of race or color, or language, or religion, or political boundaries, but in terms of humanity" (Black Americans of Achievement Video Collection 1992).
As Booker T. Washington's notoriety faded, W.E.B. Du Bois arose. W.E.B Du Bois was Booker T. Washington's biggest critic. Du Bois earned his Ph.D. in history from Harvard. He taught at prestigious schools like University of Pennsylvania and Atlanta University. Du Bois' approach was much different than Booker T. Washington. Du Bois' radical approach demanded African Americans protest their rights as Americans. This included educational equality to African Americans and also wanted to ban all racism towards African Americans. Although Booker T. Washington was about patience, W.E.B. DuBois was more of take action kind of leader. W.E.B Du Bois with other African American leaders held a conference in Niagara Falls. From this conference formed the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, better known as the NAACP. NAACP's mission statement states that their mission is to ensure the political, educational, social, and economic equality of rights without discrimination based on race.
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Benjamin Franklin can be considered to be the founder of the American Auto-Biography. ... As far as his first biography, written in 1845, the memories expressed within it are traumatizing. ... Washington T. ... Booker is the founder of the first American black collage. ... For Booker, both Armstrong and his wife became models of civilization. ...
Frederick Augustus Washington Bailey Johnson Douglass, Booker Taliaferro Washington and William Edward Burghardt DuBois bore sonorous and evocative names. ... Perhaps the most able activist/orator and organizer in African American history, Booker T. ... Booker T. ... "[9] As soon as they could, Frederick, Booker T. and Willie DuBois each left the locales of their early childhood. ... When he was 16, Booker T. headed for Hampton by stagecoach, railway and foot. ...
Washington, D.C: The American Federation of Arts, 1931. ... Washington, D.C: Associates in Negro Folk Education, 1936. ... Washington, Johnny. ... Many others are equally familiar with Locke's reputation as a race leader, a role he assumed after the death of Booker T. Washington. ...
Washington, D.C: The American Federation of Arts, 1931. ... Washington, D.C: Associates in Negro Folk Education, 1936. ... Washington, Johnny. ... Many others are equally familiar with Locke's reputation as a race leader, a role he assumed after the death of Booker T. Washington. ...
The work of past leaders like Booker T. Washington and W.E. ... Booker T. Washington and W.E.B. ... A point in his biography is that only a few men of his era were able to "learn to unlearn" the make of European constructions and the so called facts given on what Africa was about. ...
With The Souls of Black Folk, Du Bois had begun to challenge the leadership of Booker T. Washington, a fellow educator who was then the most influential and admired black in the United States. Du Bois did not like Washington's strategy of accommodation and compromise with whites in both politics and education. ... A group of black and white intellectuals opposed to the non-confrontational tactics of Booker T. Washington met in New York City on February 12 in 1909 to discuss the formation of a new organization dedicated to improving conditions for blacks in the United States. ...
One such example was Booker T. Washington, who was very controversial in the beliefs of his counterpart. ... These two leaders, Washington and William were complete opposites of each other. ... He goes ahead to criticize the views of Booker Washington, especially on his standing towards certain rights of African Americans. ... On another note, William states in his auto biography that he is against all forms of religion. ...
Same year he also wrote a lot of essays for newspapers, these made up a book The Souls of Black Folk; Wrote a lot about Booker T. ... Washington failed to support voting rights, Du Bois argued on Washington's program. ... Du Bois soon attacked Washington in print; said Washington had bribed black papers. ... The Crisis issues included brief biographies of blacks, columns on recommended reading, and educational and legal directory . ... Two years later Booker T. ...