Both of these men were contemporaries and without a doubt their personal experiences and perhaps the overall black experience in the United States guided their conscious to adopt certain strategies and tactics in order to uplift black people politically, economically and socially. This is where these two leaders fundamentally disagreed, which was followed by suspicion, name calling, distrust and an unwillingness to concede and perhaps recognize the strengths and weaknesses that existed in both of their philosophies.
They were divided and they left black America divided and yet their arguments are still highly debated in academic circles and laypersons circles alike throughout America. Lastly, this research study is limited in scope and has not met all the academic restraints consistent with a scholarly paper, nevertheless, at the same time, it will display objectivity and sound research methods by briefly exploring in an unscientific manner, the slave plantation personalities (giving in the seminal study by John Blassigame) and how perhaps those historical values—culture) impacted slave behavior, as well shaped black personalities that proceeded from this peculiar institution.
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This quote shows the importance of education that emerged due to WEB Dubois and Booker T. Washington. Both WEB Dubois and Booker T. Washington were both very important African American educators. The wanted to provide more opportunities to African Americans in education. But, both these figures had different ideas. Booker T. Washington preached a philosophy of self-help, racial solidarity and accommodation. But WEB Dubois’ idea were different from Booker T. Washington’s. Dubois argued that social change could be accomplished by developing the small group of college educated blacks. Even though most of their ideas were different, some were similar to each