Mr. Cleary ELA8H‚ period 7 11/12/13 "Booker T. Washington vs. W.E.B Dubois" Booker T. Washington and W.E.B Dubois were two famous African American leaders during the late 19th and early 20th centuries. They were both activists and wanted blacks to have an education; they also wanted to end discrimination towards blacks. These leaders both wrote great speeches which clearly specified what they thought was right for African Americans. Even though Washington and Dubois focused on the same social‚
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Booker T. Washington vs. W.E.B Du Bois In the late 19th century and early 20th century‚ in the era of segregation‚ Booker T. Washington and W.E.B Du bois had conflicting views to improve the black community. Booker T. Washington’s speech in 1895 at the Atlanta Cotton States and the International Exposition was about praising the south on improvements the whites have made for the blacks in the south. W.E.B Du Bois in 1903 boldly shares his opinions of Booker T. Washington
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By this definition‚ the lives of Frederick Douglass and Booker T. Washington provide two of the most clear examples of what it is to be free. Douglass and Washington both wrote autobiographies accounting for their lives during and after their emancipation from slavery. The Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass‚ published in 1845‚ delves deep into the first twenty-three years of Douglass’ life‚ sparing no gory details about slave treatment. Born in 1818 on a plantation in Tuckahoe‚ Maryland
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and Booker T. Washington were both American personalities that assumed great importance in the history of the United States. Franklin was born in 1706‚ in Boston‚ to an English father and an American mother. Washington‚ on the other hand‚ having a family history of slaves‚ did not know his origins or anything about his ancestries. As the author himself says in his autobiography‚ “My life had its beginning in the midst of the most miserable‚ desolate‚ and discouraging surroundings.” (Washington‚ p
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*Booker T. Washington & Blacks after* Slavery March 8‚ 2010 Abstract Booker T. Washington felt that blacks should work towards wealth instead of fighting for civil rights. Washington stressed the importance of using skills to advance in society. He felt that over time‚ blacks would be naturally integrated into society through improved social status. Washington also had many critics of his work including the equally controversial W.E.B. Dubois. In Washington’s view work and education
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“In all things that are purely social we can be as separate as the finger‚ yet one as the hand in all things essential to mutual progress.” (Washington‚ p. 107) This expresses how no matter what race‚ country or gender you are from‚ you are still needed in society to improve the country as a whole. Throughout the beginning of American history‚ Americans have fought for freedom and equality from their mother country. Even in the recent years‚ people fought for gay marriage equality‚ giving homosexuals
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In his autobiography titled “Up from Slavery” Booker T. Washington tells the story of his journey from being a slave to an educator. He writes that the best way for a person to lift him or herself up is by lifting someone else up. It was his dream and goal to see members of his race live such useful and successful lives that they would not just be put up with rather they would be a necessity and would be of great value to their communities. Washington believed that the African American people needed
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Two leaders fighting for the same cause different ways Booker T. and W.E.B Du Bois were both leaders for equal rights of African Americans. These men had the same goal they wanted to reach‚ equal right for African Americans‚ but they approached the situation differently W.E.B Du Bois is a colored man born in 1868 and graduated from the university of Berlin and Harvard becoming the first African American to have a doctorates degree. He was a civil-rights activist which means he fought for the rights
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pointless. During the late 19th and early 20th century‚ Booker T. Washington and W.E.B DuBois came to be known as two of the great leaders in civil rights movement and more importantly in the education of the black community. Although Booker T. Washington and W.E.B DuBois have the common goal of improving the education of African Americans‚ both of these great leaders have different philosophies in the education of the black community. Booker T. Washington and W.E.B DuBois come from different backgrounds
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one of the greatest intellectual battles U.S. history was the legendary disagreement between Booker T. Washington and W.E.B. DuBois. This intellectual debate sparked the interest of the Northerners as well as the racist whites that occupied the south. This debate was simply about how the blacks‚ who just gained freedom from slavery‚ should exist in America with the white majority. Even though Washington and DuBois stood on opposite sides of the fence they both agreed on one thing‚ that it was a time
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