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Compare And Contrast Essay On Booker T Washington

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Cynthia Heredia Professor Russell History-7 September 21, 2017 Booker T. Washington VS. W.E.B Du Bois Being born into slavery allowed Booker T. Washington to grow up seeing nothing but segregation, which then played a role in his speech (Atlanta Compromise) given in 1895. Booker believed that continuing segregation would allow both the African-Americans and the Whites to benefit and be able to advance economically. Booker also believed that although the future of the south rested on the shoulders of the African Americans, they should stop attempting to fight for their rights and begin from the bottom and work their way up in order to eventually earn their rights. “Separate but Equal,” (Plessy VS. Ferguson 1896), comes into play just like …show more content…

Washington believed that African-Americans needed to create jobs for themselves (jobs that they already had) instead of fighting for the jobs that Whites had in order to in a way keep things flowing the same and not agitating the system anymore. Although he believed in the slow incline of using what they already had in order to climb the ladder that led to one day being equal, Booker seemed to be okay with the African-Americans holding their own weight. Booker strongly rooted for independent hard work and racial progress in order to improve the conditions in which the African-Americans lived and the rights that they had. Booker wanted them (in the present and in the future) to be able to value what they have created and earned on their own by working on their own and not wasting time trying to fight for more of what they already have. He reflects back to what his people have already done (and will continue to do) in order to shine light on the fact that we wants them to pull their own weight instead of depending on others to do it for them: “ ... builded 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,”(Atlanta Compromise Speech 1895). He is encouraging them to be proud of what they have already accomplished and what they can accomplish in the future on their

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WEB DuBois once described the Reconstruction as "[the] period in which the Negro stood briefly in the sun and then stepped back into slavery . The end of the Reconstruction in the mid 1870's did not shed much light on situation because it left Blacks legally subjected to the same conditions as before. As an example, the Plessey vs. Ferguson Supreme Court case of 1896 legally made Blacks second-class citizens through its ˜separate but equal' decision. Given the failure of the Reconstruction, Two influential and contrasting individuals, Booker T. Washington, WEB DuBois decided to address the matter of equality amongst Black and white America, respectively. Booker T. Washington's key strategy can be summarized in one word, pragmatism “here

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Although Booker T. Washington and W.E.B DuBois had opposing philosophies on ending racial and economic inequalities for African Americans, W.E.B Dubois emphasized the need for direct involvement in civil rights and political reform. His philosophies and strategies, in my opinion are what helped lead the road towards African Americans gaining their rights. Booker T. Washington ridiculed W.E.B Dubois’s strategy of fighting for their civil rights. Washington believed that the best way to obtain their rights is to prove to whites that African Americans can be productive members of society by means of “keeping their mouths shut, working, and saving, and buy a house.” Dubois refuted his philosophies by stating that there is no point in saving for

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Overcame obstacles ? I have learned that success is to be measured not so much by the position that one has reached in life as by the obstacles which he has overcome while trying to succeed? Booker T Washington. Booker T Washington and Frederick Douglass were both slaves in different time periods. Being slaves form birth is something Booker T Washington and Frederick Douglass have in common, but they also have plenty of differences such as they struggled through their hardships differently, they acquired their education differently, and they gained their freedom differently.

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Achieving African American Equality Booker T. Washington and W.E.B Du Bois were two of the most influential advocates for African American equality during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries (Blatty, 1). Although both men ultimately had the same goal, their methods for achieving African American equality were remarkably different. To begin, the men had conflicting ideas about what constituted as African American equality. Booker T. Washington argued that the accumulation of wealth and the ability to prove that Blacks were productive members of society would be the mark of true equality for African Americans (Painter, 155).

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WASHINGTON V. DUBOIS This controversial debate between W.E.B Dubois and Booker T Washington has been talked about discussed and thoroughly reviewed constantly. Booker T Washington was an advocate for equal rights and so was Dubois. They both agreed on the core issues that blacks should become more involved in politics, move up in social status and have better educational systems for blacks. Each had their own views on how this should be achieved.

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In the mid-to-late 1800s the African American community faced opposition and segregation. They were segregated from the whites and treated as second-class citizens. This segregation was caused in part by Jim Crow laws. Jim Crow laws separated races in schools, hospitals, parks, public buildings, and transportation systems. Both Booker T. Washington and W.E.B. Du Bois had ideas on how to improve African American lives, Washington believed in starting at the bottom and working up whereas Du Bois had an opposing viewpoint he saw starting from the bottom as submissive and believed African Americans should hold important jobs in order to demand equal treatment.

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However Booker T. Washington believed in having a more skillful education, consisting of learning how to trade, mastering agriculture skills and more things one would need to get a job. However, W.E.B DuBois also put many efforts to achieve equal rights towards African Americans which Booker T Washington put on hold. Booker T Washington’s plan was to make it so that “Blacks would [have to] accept segregation and discrimination but their eventual acquisition of wealth and culture would gradually win for them the respect and acceptance of whites”. This vision that Booker T Washington had “practically accepts the alleged inferiority of the Negro race”. W.E.B commented on this process saying it was an attempt, “to educate black boys and girls simply as servants and underlings.”

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Knowing that the things he was fighting for would play out in a long term event. He was also the first African American to enter into the white house. He could generally be considered as the leading voice of former slaves. He mostly applied to southern whites, and informing them of blacks long-term loyalty to the, other than any other foreigner. Booker T Washington quest for change in his Atlanta Compromise, which called for avoiding confrontation over segregation, and instead putting more reliance on long-term educational and economic advancement in the black community.

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Booker T. Washington was born a slave and worked as a janitor to get through school. Whereas W.E.B. Du Bois was born in the North and faced very little discrimination, and had an easier time getting into College. They were well educated, and the only difference between them was how they were raised in different environments. Both were on the journey to improve African American’s social and political status in America. However, they had different methods for getting what they wanted.

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This work by Booker T. Washington, “The Atlanta Exposition Address”, or also known as “The Atlanta Compromise”, was a speech given in 1895 at the Cotton States and International Exposition in Atlanta that had a lasting impact not only to the crowd listening, but to the nation as a whole. Booker T. Washington was admired and appreciated by many black Americans. Although, everyone in the African American Community admired his overall achievements leading up to his speech in Atlanta, some of his ideas and thoughts became very controversial within the black community and possibly encouraged the Jim Crow era by proposing the ideology of separate but equal. “The Atlanta Exposition Address,” was significant in shaping history because it; sparked a split and debate within the African American community over the ideas Booker T. Washington proposed in the address, and simultaneously affected the nation as a whole with future laws passed off the basis of Washington’s ideology. To understand the context of where Booker T. Washington’s stance is in the address, people must first understand Washington’s background and his audience during the speech.

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