As the nineteenth century approached, America was facing many problems: political, economic, and, arguably the most critical - social. Even after the Emancipation Proclamation of 1863, African Americans struggled to end the racial division that had conquered the United States for centuries. Two men who sought to contribute to this goal were Booker T. Washington and W.E.B DuBois. The men had much in common; well-known, intelligent, and highly esteemed. However, there was one important difference between the two. The question was never what to do for the black citizens, but how to do it. DuBois proposed an immediate reaction where African Americans would be granted equality now, whereas Washington argued that it'd be better for them to work their way up the social ladder by simply allowing jobs and schooling. Both models serviced a significant purpose, but Booker T. Washington approached the problem more wisely and sensitively. Therefore, it was Washington's ideas that are considered more influential to the cause of black equality.
W.E.B DuBois fought hard to be heard. Known for his lack of a censor, he gave speeches that were filled with passion. He valued pathos over ethos or logos, and strove to stir his audience's feelings rather than minds. DuBois believed that ideas, not slogans, and principles, not personalities, were essential to the abolition inequality. An example of his strong personality comes in a quote about Booker T's death: "In stern justice, we must lay on the soul of this man a heavy responsibility for the consummation of Negro disfranchisement, the decline of the Negro college and public school, and the firmer establishment of a color caste in this land." Such a controversial statement drew attention, but it was such that make him such a dominant orator.
DuBois was so proud that he often made enemies of other races. He, of course, alienated whites and his people against them, but he frequently and hypocritically degraded them.
Booker T. ... W.E.B. also wrote the now famous book The Souls of Black Folks, which, in one chapter, entitled "Of Booker T. Washington and Others," insults Booker T. for expecting too little from his people. ... Booker T. and W.E.B. both spoke in front of unusual audiences. ... Washington, and W.E.B. ...
Booker T. Washington and W.E.B. Dubois were two very important civil rights leaders in the late 1800's to early 1900's with common goals, but different ways of achieving them. Booker T. Washington was a little more patient in his philosophy. He wanted African Americans to quiet down about all the ...
The Distinctly Different Viewpoints of Booker T. Washington and W.E.B. Du Bois The life of an African-American in the late 1800s and early 1900s was one of poverty without education or equality. After the Civil War ended, the South was war-torn and impoverished and under Reconstruction. Almos...
W.E.B. Dubois and Booker T. Washington were two great leaders of the African American community in the late 19th and early 20th century. However, these two scholars disagreed on strategies for African American social and economical progress. Their opposing philosophies can be found in much of today...
Booker T. 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 ag...
Washington, DuBois, and Racial Discourse As the dialogues on race wear on - and as America, as a country, continues to suffer from racial fractures that run deep indeed - the historical figures (meaning just that - the figurative modern representations) of Booker T. ... So to view Dubois" narrative we must first turn the page back, as it were, to Booker T. ... The strangest - and most important - feeling that one takes away from Up From Slavery is that the book isn't at all about Booker T. ... In order to gain entrance to the school, in order to get an education to further free himself,...
Booker T. Washington vs. W.E.B. Dubois Despite their obvious differences, Booker T. Washington and W.E.B. Dubois, agreed that the blacks in the south had to reach one goal: first-class citizenship. Their methods of reaching this goal varied between the two black men. Booker T. Washington believe...
To serve the cause of human freedom, a person has to be brave, a leader, patient and unselfish. Throughout history many people have fought for what they believed in to gain freedom for their people. One man who did this is Booker T. Washington. Washington was an African American advocate who wan...
History Comparison Essay The future of the freedman W.E.B Dubois and Booker T. ... Booker T. Washington was born four years before the civil war had begun, Dubois was born three years after the civil war had come to an end. ... Dubois's and Washington's slightly different backgrounds caused them to have different views on the future of freedman in the United States. ... Washington and Dubois were both visionaries who shared the same goal, although they had there own individual ways to obtain that goal. ...
