Post-Reconstruction Strategies of Black America
WEB DuBois once described the Reconstruction as “[the] period in which the Negro stood briefly in the sun and then stepped back into slavery”. The end of the Reconstruction in the mid 1870’s did not shed much light on situation because it left Blacks legally subjected to the same conditions as before. As an example, the Plessey vs. Ferguson Supreme Court case of 1896 legally made Blacks second-class citizens through its ‘separate but equal’ decision. Given the failure of the Reconstruction, three influential and contrasting individuals, Booker T. Washington, WEB DuBois, and Marcus Garvey, decided to address the matter of equality amongst Black and white America, respectively. Along with these men is a perhaps not so famous leader by the name of Samuel DeWitt Proctor. Just like these men, Proctor was stricken by the unfairness and unequal treatment of Blacks in this country; however, he decided to address the injustice through his belief in faith, thus the title of his book The Substance of Things Hoped For. Booker T. Washington’s key strategy can be summarized in one word, pragmatism—here and now. As a former slave, Washington’s strategies were premised upon the realities of the South. He urged Blacks to ed
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