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Booker T. Washington vs. W.E.B. Du Bois

Bio:Born in the Virginia

(South) to a white father and a slave mother

Founded Tuskegee University in Alabama

Many presidents sought his counsel on racial issues in AmericaFirst African-American

ever invited to the White House (1901)

Booker T. Washington

BioBorn in Massachusetts

(North)First African American to

receive a Masters Degree and Ph.D. from Harvard University

Helped form the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP)

W.E.B. Du Bois

ViewsEquality for blacks will take a long timeThe best way to gain equality is through

economic successMoney = Social and Political InfluenceLearn a trade to earn money

Until thenLive in harmony and appease whites

Accept segregationDon’t fight too hard

Confrontation would be disastrous for blacks

Booker T. Washington

Booker T. Who is this white man?

ViewsWanted equality immediately

Urged blacks to end segregation through protestDid not believe racial harmony was possible as

blacks were being lynched and their political rights denied

Challenge and question whites on all groundsForget trade/skill education!

Blacks deserve the same high level and liberal arts education as whites

W.E.B. Du Bois

The Talented TenthA collection of essays

in which Du Bois statesOne in ten black men

would rise as leaders of the raceThey would help reduce

crime in the black community

W.E.B. Du Bois

"The Negro race, like all races, is going to be saved by its exceptional men. The problem of education, then, among Negroes must first of all deal with the Talented Tenth; it is the problem of developing the Best of this race that they may guide the Mass away from the contamination and death of the Worst.”

Mission: “to ensure the political, educational, social, and economic equality of rights of all persons and to eliminate racial hatred and racial discrimination”

Uses the legal system to fulfill its mission

NAACP

Jamaican-born activist who supported Pan-Africanism

Championed black separatism Urged followers to

move to AfricaBelieved people of

African descent would never be treated justly in white-run countries

Advocated for the economic empowerment of blacks

Marcus Garvey