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    Atlanta Compromise Speech‚ http://historymatters.gmu.edu/d/39/ History Matters‚ 2006‚ W.E.B. DuBois Critiques Booker T. Washington: Of Mr. Booker T. Washington and Others‚ http://historymatters.gmu.edu/d/40 TeachingAmericanHistory.org‚ 2008‚ The Talented Tenth by WEB Du Bois‚http://teachingamericanhistory.org/library/index.asp?document=174 White‚ John‚1985‚ Black Leadership in America 1895-1968‚ New York: Longman Inc.

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    I recently read the Southern Horrors by Ida B. Wells‚ “The Atlanta Compromise” by Booker T. Washington‚ and “The Talented Tenth” by W.E.B. DuBois. All of them of were great readings‚ but Ida B. Wells approach to uplifting our people was the most influential. The white deprived of us so many opportunities‚ so why not deprived him of his own opportunity of making money.

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    The Souls of Black Folk by W.E.B. Du Bois The Souls of Black Folk by W.E.B. Du Bois is a compilation of essays based on African American culture. Du Bois goes into depth into African American history‚ utilizing two terms pertaining into looking deeper into African American identity – “double consciousness” and the “veil”. “Double consciousness" is the belief that African-Americans in the United States exist with two opposing identities that cannot be entirely combined. Most essential to the African

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    Contributions to Black Nationalism in the United States Critically discuss the contributions of both Booker T. Washington and W.E.B DuBois to the idea of Black nationalism in the United States. What were the major obstacles they faced in their articulation of the black Nationalist ideology? Booker T. Washington “was an American political leader‚ educator and author” who proved to be one of the most dominate figures in African American history in the United States (Booker‚ par. 1). William

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    Booker T. Washington vs. William E.B.Du Bois DBQ By: Ryan Wolf   Segregation had been present in the United States since the early 1600’s. African Americans were feeling the brunt of this segregation during the late 19th century and early 20th century. Two men took completely different approaches as to how to deal with this unfair treatment of African Americans; Booker T. Washington‚ and William E.B. Du Bois. Booker T. Washington took a more gradual approach towards African American equality

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    dipping Doing dumb stuff‚ not knowing what I know now Yeah‚ that petty shit will have you cased up and locked down I dips‚ over to East Point‚ still acting a fool Wasting my time in the school‚ I’d rather be shooting pool Cool is how I played the tenth grade I thought it was all about mackinaw hoes and wearing pimp fade Instead of being in class‚ I’d rather be up in some ass Not‚ thinking about them six courses that I need to pass Graduation rolled around like rolly-pollies Damn‚

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    “sociological investigations of blacks in America” ( ). Another accomplishment of Du Bois is that he “published his 1st case study on a black community—The Philadelphia Negro: A Social Study (1899)”. An interesting part of the study was the phrase "the talented tenth‚". This term described the statistics of “one in 10 black men becoming leaders of their race”. Although Du Bois made many contributions to society‚ especially gaining rights of African Americans‚ he died years later in Ghana in 1963. Some of W

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    W.E.B. Du Bois and the Ascendency and Decline of The Niagara Movement Monday December 5‚ 2011 Dr. Wilson Fallin December 2‚ 2011 African American History 473 William Edward Burghardt Du Bois and the Ascendency and Decline of the Niagara Movement At the turn of the twentieth century‚ African Americans were

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    The Emancipation Proclamation was a presidential proclamation that declared that all persons kept as slaves in states shall be free. Although the Emancipation Proclamation‚ did not end slavery in the nation ‚it became the main theme and it had an influence on millions of Americans. Americans wrote‚ and read about the violence and unfairness amongst other people‚ including news of the emancipation. In this case literature has addressed issues of race. Lincoln’s solution to the constitutionality

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    not to have an abortion. Instead‚ Freeman says‚ “I cannot put myself in your place. I cannot tell you what to do. If you need the money‚ take it. It is a gift.” She believed his conservative ideals would lead him to offer her a partisan‚ decidedly pro-life option‚ but when Freeman did not respond in a manner Raquel found agreeable‚ she struck him in the face. The violence to which Raquel resorted against both Noble and Icon belies the consistent bravery she shows in starting these hard conversations

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