William Edward Burghardt(W.E.B) Du Bois was one of the most prominent African- American protest leaders in the 20th century. He was a scholar and activist. He co-founded the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (N.A.A.C.P.) in 1909. He also attended a school in Nashville, Tennessee called Fisk University. It was there he experienced the Jim Crow laws and began to analyze the problems of American discrimination. William Du Bois philosophy on race was different compared to educator Booker T. Washington(Booker). They did not come to terms with a significant amount of topics, had different ideas on progressivism, yet still were able to merge their ideas to help Blacks gain equal rights.
W.E.B. Dubois and Booker T. Washington had one of the biggest rivalries in the 20th century. They were both accomplished scholars and activists, but it was their differences in black progress and background that shaped blacks’ communities’ future. Booker’s philosophy towards race was
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The Progressive Era was from 1890 to 1920 when the United States(U.S.) was experiencing an increase of growth in population. As a result of growth, people like social workers, educators, and politicians emerged to try to create a change in society. This became known as the Progressive Movement. One of the biggest issues was African Americans in the United States. African Americans were faced with lots of racism and oppression. The reason civil rights organizations were established was after the increase of racial discrimination during this era. To summarize, William Edward Burghardt Dubois and Booker T. Washington did not see eye to eye on many topics, had different ideas on progressivism, yet still were able to merge their ideas to help Blacks gain equal rights. They had differences in early life, ideologies, and background. But still had the same ideas of social change and education, which help modernize the world we live in