1. Booker T. Washington and Duboi
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. Washington and WEB Dubois continue to act as politically-charged lightning rods. Often, Washington is angrily deferred to as an "Uncle Tom" where Dubois is championed as the true hero of African-American ideals. And, by the same token, those who hold Washington in higher regard look at Dubois as an intellectual radical; a critic ...
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- Grade Level: Undergraduate