Washington is wise because of his experiences and is well aware that even the whites Exposition organizers and attendees that largely support him have fears and reservations about how much opportunity they truly want his fellow black Americans to have. He knows that the white leaders feel threatened by the possibility of blacks achieving economic success and expecting to be equal and fully integrated with whites. Washington soothes these fears by saying that “in all things that are purely social we can be as separate as the fingers, yet one as the hand in all things essential to mutual progress”. Booker T. Washington understood that great progress requires great patience, and his choice of language in this speech is
Washington appeared to me, to want to create an atmosphere in which whites and
Booker T. Washington was a man of action. A great orator, he could galvanize people to his cause. He believed in fighting, and hopefully, winning. For reforming the South, he saw a long-range plan for educating African Americans for responsible citizenship and complete integration into the American way of life. He established a school for the education of African Americans.
As both men were educated at a university level themselves. Washington believed that children should not only be educated by books but must also be educated by trade. As he said in “Industrialized Education for the Negro”, he views having a book education only is something that leaves black children in a “weak position” in life. He felt that if the children didn’t continue to be taught the jobs of slaves, the world would be worse for both races because the white people were dependent upon the black to do these jobs. He believed this would give the black people honor and dignity in the eyes of the white race.
Washington believed that collaboration was key to creating a more inclusive society for both races. Instead of getting African-Americans to the position of the whites, their contribution to the economy is enough for the whites to acknowledge their success. With one-third of the population being African-Americans, Washington points out that the one-third could either could add to the “crime and ignorance” or the “intelligence and progress” of the South. This meaning that through a collective effort, the success of the South would be furthered. “Cast down your bucket among these people who have helped make possible of this magnificent representation of the progress of the South.”
Booker T.’s philosophy consisted of economic independence, self-reliance, and higher education for African Americans. Booker T. largely believed that economic empowerment is what was needed for African Americans to be able to advance in many fields. This quote shows what was important to Booker T. and what he believed was key to uplift the African American community, not just financially, but as well as mentally. Washington believed that economic empowerment was essential for racial uplift and advocated for African Americans to focus on practical skills and entrepreneurship to advance within the existing social structure. His Tuskegee Institute became a model for vocational education, training African Americans in trades and agriculture.
Imagine the amount of work you must put in to become an African-American Progressive Movement leader after being born into slavery. Well this is what Booker T. Washington made of his terrible situation. Today the progressive movement is mostly about dealing with discrimination, education, and poverty issues, these are fundamentally the same problems that Booker T. Washington devoted his whole life to try and fix. The Presidential Debates for the upcoming election will show how similar these issues have been throughout the history of the United States.
Washington appears to make some compromises in his argument. His speech is actually called the "Atlanta Compromise." He says that "in no way have the value and manhood of the American Negro
Washington had many accomplishments in his life. “The sweeping of that room was my college examination, and never did any youth pass an examination for entrance into Harvard or Yale that gave him more genuine satisfaction.” (P. 21) Booker only passed the examination because of Mrs. Ruffner and her Yankee life ways. “In 1901, President Theodore Roosevelt invited Booker T. Washington to the White House, making him the first African American to be so honored.” (Biography Paragraph 12) Booker’s passion for school gave him the opportunity to visit the White House.
Washington encourages African-Americans to work hard, rather than fighting against Jim Crow Laws. Specifically, Booker T. Washington urges us to subordinate our demands for equal rights and political rights. For example, Washington delivered the Atlanta Exposition Speech, and declared that we should work hard, rather than fighting for our political and social rights. “Cast down your bucket among these people who have, without strikes and labour wars, tilled your fields, cleared your forests, built your railroads and cities, and brought forth treasures from the bowels of the earth, and helped make possible this magnificent representation of the progress of the South.” -Booker
Booker T. Washington is by far one of the brightest and strongest minds from his time. During his Atlanta Exposition address he displays his intellect masterfully. From Mr. Washington’s use of language he was able to seamlessly piece together a speech that we still analyse to this day. Mr. Washington use of rhetoric explains and enlightens the circumstances of freed African Americans trying to fit into communities in the south. From mistreatment and racism still present in the newly freed people.
Even though African Americans were still not accepted completely, they exercised their rights, to the full extent. Some rights were limited by whites; grandfather clauses and literacy tests were two obstacles presented when blacks tried to vote. The grandfather clause stated that anyone, whose ancestors could vote prior to 1866, had the right to vote. Literacy test were challenging so it was difficult to pass, especially because education systems were not set in stone. Booker T. Washington helped the African American community have an education system to call their own.
Washington has a more effective philosophy because he believes that African Americans should be happy with the common jobs provided, Blacks should take a calm approach to segregation, and work hard to prove that African Americans are just as good as white people. Booker T. Washington believed African Americans should take advantage of the common jobs available. Specifically, African Americans should work with the jobs available and then work their way up from there. African Americans should be sharecroppers, tenant farmers, and barbers. Evidently, African Americans should instead try to do more, just use the opportunities available.
Introduction Booker T. Washington was an African American who was born in 1856 into a slave family in Virginia. While Washington was still a young child the family moved to Malden, West Virginia where Washington learned little English and writing by the mine owner that his father worked for. Washington received little education but used his determination to attend college at the newly opened Hampton Institute, which was one of the earliest freedman’s schools devoted to industrial learning. While attending college at Hampton Institute the president of the institute Samuel Armstrong came intrigued with Washington and saw his potential and came under the tutelage of Armstrong. Armstrong’s purpose of Hampton Institute was to educate “freed slaves
(Compound-Complex) Washington says this because of how the blacks were not welcome in white schools, but he changed that by
