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Comparing W. E. B. Dubois And Booker T. Washington

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Booker T. Washington was an African American spokesman and leader. W.E.B. DuBois was also an African American leader and he was co-founder of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP). On September 8, 1895, Booker T. Washington gave a speech about equality and education between races. 1903, W.E.B. DuBois responded to Booker T. Washington in disagreement in his book The Souls of Black Folk. Washington spoke whilst Dubois wrote. Booker T. Washington advocated compromise because he thought the economic advancement of blacks was more important, while W.E.B. DuBois advocated agitation because he thought that equality and racial justice for blacks were more important. Booker T. Washington believed that blacks should take
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