Well-Known And Influential Black Leader: Booker T. Washington

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Booker T. Washington was a well-known and influential black leader. He was born into slavery and despite that he still received his education as a child growing up. He stressed the need for economic progress rather than political rights. His strategy was to work within the system to get where you want or need to be; start from the bottom and to the top but without the protest and violence. Booker T Washington felt that education, industrial farming, enterprise and thrift would eventually lead to African Americans being accepted as citizens.
W.E.B. Du Bois unlike Booker T. Washington grew up in the North and never had to experience slavery. He was the first African American to earn a Ph.D. For W.E.B. Du Bois Political rights were critical