... The future of the freedman W.E.B Dubois and Booker T. Washington were both extremely influential black leaders, who were remembered for their beliefs, on the lives and freedoms that were deserved by the freedman during the late eighteen hundreds. 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. Washington had ... that slaves endured until his early teenage years. Dubois's and Washington's slightly different backgrounds caused them to have different views on the future of freedman in the Unit...

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... 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 equal rights arguments. He called out whites to open up jobs for African Americans. To African Americans, Washington asked that the demands for equality and civil rights cease. Washington believed that if the African Americans worked hard ... in these jobs, and proved themselves useful, equality would come naturally. Washington's ideas were a whole lot more popular with the whites than they were with the...

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... any spirit of bitterness against the Southern white people it was no easy matter for the country to rid itself of the institution." (p. 9, Washington) To better advance his people in the ways of freedom, Washington gladly makes concessions to the "greater good". Work hard and you can raise ... Washington's programme practically accepts the alleged inferiority of the Negro races in other periods of intensified prejudice all the Negro's tendency to self-assertion has been called forth; at this period a policy of submission is advocated The doctrine preached at such crises has been that ma...

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... 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 ... that the 14th Amendment could mean "Separate but Equal." Although Booker T. Washington and W.E.B Du Bois had different ways of approaching African American righ...

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... Moody's life led up to the final conclusion of the book. She begins with her childhood by describing the tiny houses her family had lived in, children left by themselves because parents have to work, and her housecleaning jobs after-school that she began at the ... sure how to answer to those who were asking her if things were actually going to get straightened out in Washington D.C. She only left us with the thought, "I wonder. I really wonder." There are many events in Anne's life that could lead her to wonder what will really happen as they left to testify ... in Washington D.C. It ...

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... , hadn't really earned their citizenship; it was given to them as recompense for enslavement. Now, "traditional" Americans had generations of history, of their ancestors "earning" their rights through hard work. This handout of rights caused social backlash, thus generating racism. Washington sought to solve this problem through his doctrine: "In all things purely social, we can be as separate as the fingers, yet ... one as the hand in all things essential to mutual progress." Washington repulsed the idea that blacks needed to be handed their rights and aid by the government, preferring ...

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... sun really did a good job in addressing race inequality and gender equality in the 1950s. Beneatha had dreams of becoming a doctor, very few woman aspired to be doctors especially not black women. She is determined to realize ... nurse not a doctor. Beneatha also speaks of how she feels no need to be married, this along with trying to be a doctor where though of as radical ideas in the 1950s. Walters" wife is the opposite of Beneatha, she is the stereotypical woman staying at home and attending to the traditional duties of a woman and housewife. ... most obvious would be how the family ...

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... , helped him get through every tough time that he had. For example, he states, "The picture of several dozen boys and girls in a schoolroom engaged in study made a deep impression on me, and I had the feeling that to get into a schoolhouse and study in this way would be paradise"(920). As the writer, Washington is able to inspire us, the readers, to find our own ... specific vision for ourselves, which in turn, would help us to develop a sense of ... hope and dedication to achieving that vision. Booker T. Washington's, Up From Slavery, autobiography is one of the most awe ... ...

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... merit is the great equalizer. Samuel E. Courtney an African American teacher in Alabama did all those things. He had the proper education, he worked hard, and he tried to build up his race in his community. However, even though Samuel was basically Washington's perfect model for a black man, things still did not work out for Samuel. The life of Samuel E. Courtney is a direct contradiction of ... the teachings of Booker T. Washington. Washington was a strong believer in the promise of education. He wanted to teach black people, and wanted ... told Courtnet: "Say, you look like an intell...

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... . 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 ... clever. After President Grover Clevel...

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... African American community. The federal government forsook them and left them in a state that was one of second-class citizenry and, in reality, no better off than when they were slaves. Of those that rose to the challenge of forging a better life for the African Americans, two of the most notable were Booker T. Washington and W.E.B Du Bois. Not surprising, these two prominent men had ... best thing to do was to go back to Africa, Du Bois himself even pressed migrating back there. Booker T. Washington came along well before W.E.B. Du Bois and, while both men had the best intentions for ...

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... mainly worked as a young boy. He entered Hampton Normal and Agricultural Institute in Virginia where he showed a special interest in public speaking and debate. In 1881 he went to Tuskegee, Alabama to work as a principal for a new Negro teacher's school that received no funding for buildings by the Alabama Legislature. Washington started the school in a shanty owned by a black church and then purchased a plantation with ... of whites. His address in 1895 at the Cotton States and International Exposition in Atlanta, Ga. made him nationally known. The speech, known as the "Atlanta Comprom...

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... that African-Americans should demand their freedom and should try to achieve it by using any means possible. Booker T. Washington and W.E.D. Du Bois offered different strategies, all of which were appropriate in the historical context of 1877-1915. Booker T. Washington thought that African-Americans should not use violence when gaining their freedom and dealing with problems of poverty. By the ... This is because of the Africans-Americans inability to stand up for themselves. Ida Wells Barnett, a Black civil rights activist, feminist, and newspaper editor stated that Booker T. Washingto...

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... . He was taught that manual labor and learning skills were more successful during this time. Washington became nationally recognized and was invited to speak at the Cotton States and International Opening. Here is when Washington delivered his "Atlanta Exposition Address." In his speech Washington expressed his needs for equal black citizenship and how he felt the blacks should accomplish this goal. He believed that ... socially, educationally, and occupationally. Black people were deprived of both their civil and human rights and were considered incapable of functioning as equal whites....

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... a long time and blacks had to work with the white man without demands and protests. Du Bois accused Booker T. Washington of appeasement and demanded for a much more radical approach to the problem. However, I feel that Booker T. Washington approached the problem of black suppression in a correct way because he allowed them to be accepted into society by education and diplomatic matters and because he proved ... only possible through providing them with power and higher education. Du Bois believed that the solution Booker T. Washington offered was not going to solve the problem of black eq...

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... best-known and most prominent black leader of the first half of the 20th century. Booker T. Washington was a graduate of the Hampton Institute in Virginia, and later founded the Tuskegee Institute in Alabama in 1881. He told students under him to temporarily put aside their desire for political equality and instead focus on economic security. He taught them vocational skills, and urged them to ... their daily lives, and to not exceed the limits imposed upon them by the societies they resided in. He believed the blacks could eventually earn white acceptance once they succeeded economically...

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... a book called The Souls of Black Folk; in it he attacked the Tuskegee Institute, comparing Booker T. Washington to a person in power who used his power to halt his critics and help his followers. So in 1905, Dubois founded the Niagara movement. In this movement he called for civil rights for all African Americans, universal suffrage, and demanded blacks in higher powers. So Dubois felt that all African ... Americans deserved to be treated well, and that they should fight for what they believe in. After looking at these two different leaders, one can easily find the differences between th...

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... should be able to provide for himself and his family. He was speaking of economic freedom. He was speaking of working with white people, to try to make a better place for both races. In many ways, I think he felt it was more important to have food on your table rather than books in your hands. Mr. Washington knew that in order for African-Americans to prosper, whites ... would have to be involved. In order for a man to get up off the ground he must first convince the man holding him down to take his foot off his throat. Mr. W.E.B. Du bois ... Du Bois describes the efforts of African- A...

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... he decided he wanted to go to Hampton Institute in Virginia. This was a school that taught and trained black teachers. "A friend of the principal paid his tuition, and he worked as a janitor to earn his room and board" (Washington, Booker Taliaferro). "After graduation he taught for two years in Malden and then studied at Wayland Seminary, in Washington, D.C. In 1979 he became an instructor at Hampton Institute ... , where he helped to organize a night school and was in charge of the industrial training of 75 Native Americans. The school was so successful ... ...

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... saving and loan associations from discrimination on the basis of race, creed, or color. Washington really wanted to get more involved with politics and obtain a position where he could make substantial gains for people, so in 1976 when Mayor Richard Daley died Washington was given the opportunity to run for Mayor. At this time many people didn't know who he was so he only received ... vote so he really didn't have a chance of winning. He still did not give up so he tried again in 1983 and won against Bernard Epton. Harold Washington was the city of Chicago's first African Amercan mayor....

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... time, and each managed to have great contributions to the overall welfare of blacks. However, their methods for increasing black status differed greatly. While Booker T. Washington believed that respect for blacks would come gradually through education, WEB Dubois felt that black people should protest against their fate. Although Booker T. Washington's methods were appropriate in that past time, WEB Dubois had some good points that fit ... and believed strongly that education was the first step to acceptance. He was not wealthy, and saved pennies for his own schooling by sleeping under a...

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... the time was right. Many of Du Bois theories were in response to the writings of Booker T. Washington. Washington believed that blacks in America needed pride in themselves in order to rise in a white dominated society. His concern was for solidarity and self-help. Du Bois agreed with him in some aspects but had different ideas for helping the black community. Washington called for Negroes to give up higher education and politics ... in order to concentrate on gaining industrial wealth. Du Bois disagreed. He ... ...

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... of the explanation of their prominence may be that they were long-term activists. Douglass was in the national spotlight for an even 50 years ( 1845-1895); Washington for 20 years (1895-1915) and DuBois for 60 years (1903-1963). These were exceptionally long periods of time for unusually able individuals who, with different strategic theories, linked their energies to the noble cause of ... , he was reared by a doting grandmother who also was claimed by the auction block. A "big house" enslaved cook on a Virginia plantation, Washington's mother had high hopes for him and, in freedom, beg...

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... the Civil Rights Movement. The Civil Rights Movement, undoubtedly, initiated the abolishment of most forms of legal discrimination. Through their non-violent confrontations in the Montgomery Bus Boycott, Freedom Rides, sit-ins, and the March on Washington, participants in the Civil Rights Movement won both widespread media coverage and government intervention. The Movement's crowning legislative achievement was the Civil Rights Act of 1964 ... housing and run-down, crumbling schools. Whites, on the other hand, have been fleeing to suburban areas of the country since the end of the Secon...

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... to get an education. He enrolled into Hampton Normal and Agriculture Institute in Virginia in 1872 and graduated in 1875. After graduating, Washington returned to his hometown and taught children in day school and adults at night for two years. Shortly after this, Washington began working at Hampton. In 1881 Booker T. Washington was selected to head Tuskegee Normal and Industrial Institute. By the time ... be subservient to whites. These intellectuals went on to found the Niagara Movement that directly disputed Washington's Atlanta Compromise of 1895. In response to Washington's speech,...

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