high school student, Booker T Washington vs W.E.B. Dubois

During the time of racial segregation in The United States, thousands of leaders rose from their seats to fight for equal rights for Africa Americans. Two main leaders were Booker T. Washington and W.E.B Du Bois. Although both leaders had the same goal, their views of achieving them were completely different. Washington believed in gradually working their way up the ladder; year after year African Americans will be treated with more and more respect and equality they deserve. On the other hand, Du Bois was aggressive in his tactic by instantaneously demanding his equal rights. He believed Whites will never give African American equal rights unless compelled to do so. This was a battle between peace and war, light and dark, but as history has proven, peace always wins. Booker T. Washington wanted African Americans to focus on vocational education rather than advanced learning. Learning Latin and Greek served no purpose in day to day life. Education in industrial skills, crafting, farming, enterprise, and thrift will show Whites that African Americans have the same capabilities as them. Du Bois said “The Negro Race, like all races, is going to be saved by its exceptional men.” This claimed his team of the “Talented Tenth” will save the race. W. E. B. Du Bois estimated that about 90% of Blacks in the US were unable to break out of their disadvantaged position because of poverty, lack of education, unfair laws, etc; so he concluded that it was the duty of the remaining 10% of blacks who were in a position to reach for success for the entire race. This is not an application process to get into the #1 college in the nation where only the students of that college will be successful in life. This is the lives of millions of people. A few smart ones will not persuade the nation that all colored people deserve respect.
African Americans must abandon short term hopes of social and political equality. When the whites see the colored race contributing as