Aaliyah Chaney Ms. Miller History 18 December 2012 The American Civil War The Civil War was a war that was fought between the states in the early 1860’s. It was one of the greatest wars in American history. Over a million people fought for their freedom. There are so many things that happen after the civil war. In the Civil War the North had many advantages over the South. The South was outnumbered‚ out supplied. Many things changed because of the Civil War. After the Civil War everything
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Booker T. Washington: The Educator Booker Taliaferro Washington was born in the time era when slavery was still legal and when born on a plantation‚ he was born into slavery. He worked as a child laborer on the plantation in harsh conditions. Once the Civil war was over‚ Washington was a freeman. However he continued to do manual labor while working in a coal mine. While listening in on a couple of fellow workers’ conversation about a college for blacks‚ he became so intrigued from the way the
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laws. Segregation was going on everywhere and there was no equality for blacks. Even through these times of trouble there were two dominant leaders in the African American community. Booker T. Washington was a well-known intellectual who was born an emancipated slave who became a self-made man. One could argue Washington was too practical. He believed that there was no way in the near term that whites would grant full equality to African-Americans‚ and therefore he should try to achieve what equality
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Georgia 1895‚ Booker T. Washington would deliver a speech called the “Atlanta Compromise Address”. Influential speech made by Washington and ant one point almost not allowed to be spoken‚ especially to an all white audience. However‚ having a black speaker would and should impress the Northerners and prove the racial changes in the south. Washington speech would provide the theory of “cast their buckets where they are” for all blacks. Beginnings to the end of Washington address‚ Washington use many
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Washington vs. DuBois Booker T. Washington and W.E.B Dubois had different views on how they were going to work towards equality for blacks. Booker T was the dominant african american leader from 1890 to 1915. Dubois graduated from Harvard University and was the leader of the Niagara Movement. Booker T wanted the blacks to work for their equality. “No race can prosper till it learns that there is as much dignity in tilling a field as in writing a poem. It is at the bottom of life we must
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equality. The movement emerged in the 1950’s and 1960’s after years of socioeconomic injustice and racial prejudice came to a boil. The contributions and sacrifices of leaders during the movement led to enormous strides in closing the racial gap between black and white‚ however leaders prior to the movement should also be accredited with the success. W.E.B Du Bois is an archetype of influential black leaders‚ his determination to improve the black identity and quality of life exemplify the relentless
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believe that race plays a major role in our daily lives. W.E.B Dubois is well known for his contributions to sociological theory. He not only focused on free value‚ but on race as well. Du Bois insisted on full civil rights‚ education and economic opportunities for people of color. Racism was the main target for W.E.B Dubois and he strongly protested against discrimination in education and employment. Du Bois claimed that the “race idea”
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we not given the same privileges and were treated different than people of lighter skin. Many social leaders took a stand and were willing to help African Americans change the way the black race was perceived by the rest of society‚ such as Booker T. Washington. However Du Bois had a different approach to help uplift and reject the negative
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Booker T. v. WEB DuBois DBQ During the late nineteenth century and early twentieth century there was a social reform taking place within the South. The Civil War had just ended and Lincoln freed the slaves. The slaves were now free to join the others in society‚ but they still faced many issues‚ which still made them less superior to all other humans within Southern society. Booker T. and WEB DuBois‚ two of the strongest leaders of the black during this time‚ had two very different strategies to
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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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