... wanted blacks to grasp all rights belonging to all Americans, not just white Americans. He believed in equal political, social, and civil rights for all. DuBois also believed that the burden of realizing these aspirations should have belonged to the nation, rather than placed on the "Negro's shoulders" as Washington volunteered. He wanted equality for all men, not at the convenience ... , rather than fight for these rights. He believed in industrial education, rather than education of the mind. Washington's famous speech, called the Atlanta Compromise (1895), pleased many whites during t...

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