1. Dubois
In the beginning of his prominence, he believed that the talented tenth could lead the African American population to social equality, armed only with education and righteousness. ... African Americans are neither simply black, nor simply American, but both. ... African Americans have long been thought of and reveled by what the white people of America thought of them, which is most likely African, savage, and foreign. ... Dubois debated furiously with the pan-Africanist leader of his time Marcus Garvey. Garvey's solution to the race problem was to gather the working blacks of America...
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