Parallel to the disagreements of Martin Luther King Jr. and Malcolm X during the civil rights movements of the 1960's, African American leaders W.E.B. Du Bois and Booker T. Washington had different strategies to move towards African American progress. Du Bois illustrates his disagreements towards Washington in chapter three in The Souls of Black Folk. Du Bois illustrates in "Of Mr. Booker T. Washington and Others" that it was more important for Blacks to acquire education, civil and political, rights rather than economic rights, that of which Washington deemed more important in order for Blacks to achieve integrity. .
African Americans were undoubtedly the inferior race during the 1800's, and more specifically, the time period in which Booker T. Washington served as an influential leader to the African American people. However, instead of desiring to work towards equality, he urged his fellow Blacks to accept racism and discrimination, and to remain the inferior race. The answer to the "Negro problem", according to Washington in his "Atlanta Compromise", was to segregate the Blacks from the Whites. As some agreed with Washington and believed he was being realistic, W.E.B. Du Bois was not among them. In contrast, he believed segregation was not the answer to the "Negro problem", and would cause more problems instead. As stated by Du Bois, who disagreed with Washington's tactics, in chapter three of The Souls of Black Folk, "Mr. Washington's program practically accepts the alleged inferiority of the Negro races"(43).
Booker T. Washington advocated economic improvements for the African Americans, but while sacrificing civil rights, political power, and higher education. He believed that the Blacks should work hard and own land, and concentrate on industrial education and the accumulation of wealth in order to gain the respect of the whites, even if it meant suffering from racial inequalities for the time being.
DBQ During the late 19th century and early 20th century emancipation of slaves and the freedom of African-Americans was a pressing issue. There are two prominent different proposed means of solutions presented at the time. Booker T. Washington presented one, he believed that slaves should not t...
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Washington Vs Du Bois: What was the best course for African Americans? ... However, how to approach this obstacle met some difference of opinion between black rights advocates Booker T. Washington and W.E.B. Du Bois. ... Du Bois hit the nail on the head as far as black legal rights. ...
Realities After Reconstruction African Americans living in the southern United States after Reconstruction encountered extreme hardships in everyday life. Race relations between black and white Americans during this time period were highly strained. Segregation started to take place, violent a...
Ex-slave Booker T. Washington put his newly acquired freedom to use when he started a black industrial school at Tuskegee, Alabama. ... However, Washington stopped short of promoting social equality. ... W.E.B Du Bois, founder of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), was just the opposite of Washington. Du Bois demanded complete equality for blacks, economic as well as social. ...
