Compare And Contrast Booker T Washington And W. E. B. Dubois

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Booker T Washington and W.E.B. DuBois were significant black leaders during the late nineteenth century. Even though they had the same common goal, they had opposing strategies on how to carry them out. Booker T Washington was one of the most influential African-American intellectuals of the late 19th century. W.E.B Du Bois, was an intellectual scholar and political thinker.
Booker T. Washington was an educator, and one of the most influential black leaders of his time. Washington preached to the black people that of self-help, being united as one race and accommodation to the whites, would make white people accept blacks. He encouraged blacks to submit to racial discrimination at the moment, and focus on proving themselves by doing hard