The similarities between the two great African American leader in 19th and 20th century. Booker T. Washington and W.E.B Dubois. Both were the hope of generation because they were able to speak up to the rights for African American. Both wanted good education for African American for them to be recognize in the community and build a standard by their professions. both were against lynching because both wanted the lynching to be over .However, both of them have different way for Black social and economic progress.
W.E.B. Du Bois and Booker T. Washington were two great leaders of the black community in the late 19th and 20th century. They both had the same intent with their thought but they came from two different backgrounds so it was hard for them to have agreement. Booker T. Washington spent his early childhood in slavery. W. E. B. DuBois grew up both free and in the North. Ergo, he did not experience the harsh conditions of slavery or of southern prejudice he grew up with white Americans and even attended predominately white schools.
Many people think WEB DuBois and Booker T. Washington as just rivals of their time. WEB DuBois believed in immediate equality for African Americans and wanted everyone to be equal. On the other hand Booker T. Washington wanted African Americans to accept their position and they would gain their equality gradually. In the end they were both Civil rights activists that wanted African American to be well educated and to be equal. Booker T. Washington did many great things during his lifetime.
Booker T. Washington & W.E.B. Dubois were both famous activist. They did take different directions in how they approached how to gain their freedom. W.E.B. wanted to fight to gain everyone's freedom while Booker T. chose to with the government and overlook the separate but racial stuff. There early life was different. So was their role in the civil rights movement.
If you had to choose between someone who focuses on learning practical skills and being independent, or someone who would fight for education,civil rights and political changes, who would you choose? In this debate, W.E.B. Dubois is having a conversation with his rival, Booker T. Washington. W.E.B. DuBois proposes the idea of a higher level of education and how people should have their voices heard. Whilst Booker T. wants to keep our mouths shut, do what the system tells us to do, be hard independent workers and overall be good civilians. W.E.B. Dubois's approach is the most effective way to achieve equality and freedom.
During the Harlem Renaissance two of the most influential people at that time were Booker T Washington and w e b Dubois. both of them wanted civil and social rights for African-Americans. Both of them made speeches to groups of people pursuing a goal to create a black leadership group. Booker T Washington was a very selfless person and in 1856, he says” if you want to lift yourself up lift someone else up” this was a very meaningful quote to me because it shows how he wanted the improve the lives of others to achive his goal. Another thing he said that really spoke out to me was “nothing ever comes to one, that is worth having, except as a result of hard work”.
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).
After looking at both Booker T. Washington and W.E. B. Dubois, I feel that Booker T. Washington had the best solution and best route for his solution for the black community. He was raised a salve and new first hard the lifestyle a majority of the blacks were coming from. He knew the frustrations that they had and knew how to deal with the situations. He was extremely educated just like W. E. B. Dubois, and he understand that change would take time. He knew that many whites would not change their opinions over night and that it would take a long time to get what all black deserved.
Booker T. Washington believed that in order to eventually achieve racial equality African
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.”
Due to the political, civil, and institutional failures for African Americans during the Reconstruction era, two pioneers posited programs for uplift: W. E. B. Du Bois and Booker T. Washington. In Souls of Black Folk, Du Bois argued Washington’s solutions created a triple paradox that encouraged disenfranchisement, self-deprecating pacifism, and academic ignorance. Moreover, DuBois found Washington was misguided by three dangerous half-truths: The South was justified in its treatment of African Americans, higher education was wrong, and uplift was primarily the burden of African Americans. Conversely, Du Bois argued to judge the South with discriminate criticism, which reoriented African American political thought. Furthermore, Du Bois demanded
The Roads to Equality Imagine a society where everyone is seen as equal; no matter race, gender orientation, sexual orientation, or any other characteristic. How did you get there? What did the previous generations have to go through to reach complete equality? Why was this so important to them? Booker T. Washington and W. E. B. DuBois were two people who lived during the late 1800s and early-mid 1900s and who advocated for equality.
The Crisis focuses on both proving yourself and demanding rights; The various advertisements found throughout the article, show that they offer opportunities for blacks to become successful. During this time, Washington and DuBois were two figures who were promoting black excellence in their own ideas. Washington believed that African Americans should create a separate society where they are not dependents on whites; they would create their own economy, towns and even learn in a vocational school but most importantly, Washington didn’t believe that fighting for citizenship was necessary, that It would come on its own. His ideas were popular among whites from both north and south because Washington emphasized on how whites could work together, but be separate. DuBois on the other hand, believed that
Booker T. Washington and W.E.B DuBois’ had similar perspectives but they also had different point of views of what black African American people needed to do in order to fit into mainstream American Society. In my opinion, I think that W.E.B had the best ideas for what the black race should do to fit into American Society. Du Bois feels as though black people should speak up for their rights and just speak up in general. Unlike Washington who was a compromiser he tells everyone what they want to hear and tries to appease them. Washington and Du Bois both believed in education.
Washington believes that white people in the economy, education and other aspects of advanced than blacks. Because they control the government and wealth. Blacks rely on whites to obtain the necessities of life and the funding of their education, black future equal rights also rely on the white gift and protection. Therefore, any effort to improve the situation in the southern blacks should be based on friendly and peaceful coexistence with southern whites. In The souls of black folks, W.E.B. Du Bois, like Booker T. Washington, believes that blacks should work with their white neighbors to create a "greater, more just and more perfect future".
