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W.E.B. Du Bois and Booker T. Washington were two very influential leaders in the black community during the late 19th century, early 20th century. However, they both had different views on improvement of social and economic standing for blacks. Booker T. Washington, an ex-slave, put into practice his educational ideas at Tuskegee, which opened in 1881. Washington stressed patience, manual training, and hard work. He believed that blacks should go to school, learn skills, and work their way up the ladder. Washington also urged blacks to accept racial discrimination for the time being, and once they worked their way up, they would gain the respect of whites and be fully accepted as citizens. W.E.B. Du Bois on the other hand, wanted a more

Washington’s speech in Atlanta, Georgia is what made his career really take off for being an African American activist. His speech was directed towards both white and black races. He told them that both the races need to surround each other with one another and to try and overcome this inequality. In Clashes of Will it states, “Specifically Washington reminded the blacks in his audience that they must be prepared to start at the bottom as workers, not executives, as grade school teachers, not university professors; that they would have to earn the respect of whites rather than demand it as a right guaranteed by law….” Another accomplishment he set out for was creating the National Negro Business League. The organization promoted the businesses that were owned by African Americans and to help them feel that they were supported and protected. The main goal of the National Negro Business League was to advocate the sales of the Negro community businesses. Booker T. Washington’s baby was the Tuskegee Institution, a black college. Washington even offered DuBois a job three times to teach at the institution but he denied them all three times because he did not believe in the same morals as Washington. Washington was quite clever. When he had his hand in the businesses he managed to become familiar with wealthy white businessman that generously donated to the funds of the black education. One of the contributors was Andrew Carnegie, leading entrepreneur for the steel

* In this text, W.E.B. Du Bois analyzes Booker T. Washington’s views on race in America. Du Bois acknowledges many of Washington’s accomplishments, such as how Washington began Tuskegee University and how Washington could cater to both the Northerners and the Southerners. On the contrary to praising him, Du Bois also subtly criticizes how Washington approaches dealing with racism. Washington believes that Blacks should be submissive rather than challenge the White people. Washington asks the Blacks to give up three things, political power, insistence on civil rights, and higher education of Negro youth. Du Bois then goes on to show the results of Washington’s ideals, such as the

Booker T. Washington (1895-1915) was born a slave, but through hard work, dedication, and education pulled himself out of poverty to become the founder of the Tuskegee Institute in Alabama. In 1895 he delivered an address at the Cotton States Exposition in Atlanta in which he offered what came to be known as the "Atlanta Compromise." Washington suggested that blacks should forgo immediate agitation for political and social equality with whites, and work first to lay a firm foundation of vocational education and economic strength within the black community. In return for that self-imposed restraint, whites would support blacks in their efforts to lift themselves up.

Booker T. Washington rose up from slavery and illiteracy to become the foremost educator and leader of black Americans at the turn of the century. He was born on April 5, 1856 in Franklin County, Virginia. As a child he worked in the salt mines but always found time for education. Washington constantly dreamed of college but as an African American this dream was nearly impossible. His scrupulous working habits from the mines set him out for college at the Hampton Institute. He graduated in 1876 and became a teacher at a rural school. After 2 years of teaching, he went back to the Hampton Institute and was a “professor” here for 2 more years. His next challenge would be at a new all black college, Tuskegee Institute where he would become president. Under Washington's leadership (1881-1915), Tuskegee Institute became an important force in black education. Washington won a Harvard honorary degree in 1891.

There has been much debate over Booker T. Washington and the effectiveness of his work at Tuskegee Institute. Some believe that he was a pioneer for black education in a time when few had the opportunity. Others believe that his conformity to the white ideal of what a black man should be hindered his ability to create real social change for his race. In his autobiography, Up From Slavery, Washington maps out his life from its humble beginnings as a slave up through the success of his school, Tuskegee Institute. He is quick to drop names of the important white businessmen and prominent citizens to ensure their support for his school. However, he is also quick to push his students to be productive members of their society. Through

Booker T. Washington, who founded Tuskegee Institute in 1881, was the one who urged blacks to accept discrimination and push themselves when it comes to hard work because it paid of eventually. I inferred this by the line on page 101, in Up from Slavery, that states, " The sweeping of the reaction-room in the manner that I did it seems to have paved the way for me to get through Hampton." He believed in education, industrial and farming

Booker T. Washington was freed from slavery as a child. After accomplishing his education, he was preordained to lead a new teacher's institution for African Americans in Alabama that became known as Tuskegee University. Washington assisted slaves to gain new trades. At his Tuskegee Institute in Alabama, students of all ages learned to make and grow the things they needed. Washington believed that African Americans would receive equals treatment in time if they were educated and learned useful skills.

Furthermore, Brooker T. Washington was another leader of the African- American leaders of the 19th and the 20th Century (Brooker T. Washington, 2015). He was the founder of Tuskegee University (Brooker T. Washington, 2015). Brooker put himself through school, and became a teacher (Brooker T. Washington, 2015).. However, the Tuskegee University he founded focused on training African-American 's with their agricultural pursuits (Brooker T. Washington, 2015). Washington however, clashed with Du Bois over the best ways for racial uplift (Brooker T. Washington, 2015).

Although Booker T. Washington and WEB Dubois both share a handful of qualites, such as working to achieve social and economic equality for African Americans, their philosophies on how to do that were drastically different. Born into slavery, but freed after the Civil War, Washington believed that African Americans should work from the bottom up; he thought a gradual approach would be the best method to achieve social equality. He preached a philosophy of self-help and racial solidarity and urged African Americans to accept discrimination for the time being, while they worked to socially elevate themselves through means of material wealth and hard work. Washington believed that African Americans would achieve full social equality only after they proved their economic value in society. Therefore, he thought that African Americans should receive vocational training and founded the Tuskegee Normal and

He worked his way through school, struggling to get a quality education, eventually enrolling in the Hampton Institute. Following his departure from Hampton, Washington gained the beliefs that for black Americans to succeed, they needed racial pride, become responsible citizens, and perform useful service. He later became a founder of Tuskegee University, where he emphasized labor and skilled trades.

Booker T. Washington, descendent of slave family that worked in the salt mines of West Virginia became a very well black educator. Washington has a good influence among the government and was known as an active fundraiser for African American schools and colleges. His view was that as long as the black Americans had schools, learning technical skills for a better job, they could be continue separated from white community. On other words, he wasn’t fighting to abolish the segregation completely; he was just accepting the segregation

Booker T. Washington was persuaded early on of the economic irrationality of discrimination. Educational advancement, trades and skill acquisition, capital accumulation: these goals, not agenda political protests, was Booker T. Washington's pathway to African American progress in the U.S. Yet, later research that was later conducted has found that Tuskegee University, and Booker T. Washington himself indirectly financed some of the most notary court cases on segregation during the late 1890s and the 1900s. Washington had to work in secret because of the need to protect Tuskegee University from threats and violent danger that was purely derived from bitter hate of another human's skin color. Washington had a complicated choice at that time to

Washington put immense effort in trying to improve education for black people. He helped bring about changes in African American education in the second half of the 20th century by contributing to the black population’s economy and educational advancement (Schaub). Washington said that education is the “sine qua non” or essential action required for a person to obtain citizenship (Schaub). He thought if black people were educated, then white people would have more respect for them. Washington found the Tuskegee University (then known as the Tuskegee Normal and Industrial Institute) which he helped become one of the country’s leading schools (Wilkinson). He put a lot of work into the school and its curriculum, and he stressed economizing, patience, and enterprise throughout the university (Booker T. Washington). Because of his beliefs regarding the education of black people, the school was a vital way for him to share his thoughts with others. His work with the expanding of education for black people and founding of the Tuskegee Institute has inspired

Although Garvey is heralded as such as strong figure in the improvement of social issues in this period, many other activists took different approaches. For example Washington was an important figure who believed the best interests of African Americans could be realised through education in the crafts and industrial skills. To implement this he founded the Tuskegee school, which had over 100