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Compare And Contrast Booker T. And The Boys Fighting For Freedom

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Booker T. and the Boys Fighting for Freedom In today’s world we still don’t have as many rights as we would like, although compared to back in the 1900s it is a whole new world. Equality was a big issue for both race, gender, and even social status. Some people just let this discrimination happen, and other people such as Booker T. Washington and W.E.B Du Bois actively try to stop all this hate and try to achieve equality for themselves and all the others being oppressed. Booker T. was born a slave, and because of this he believed that fighting for your rights would only lead to more anti-black violence such as lynching. He made the Atlanta Compromise speech that made him famous. He still wanted to end the discrimination but it would have to happen over time. Then Du Bois was a man who thought color discrimination was unacceptable, and wrote many articles and a book called The Souls of Black Folks that brought Du Bois to attention. Even though there were many other people trying to help fight this discrimination, Booker T. and Du Bois were two types of people who were famously known for their contribution. They both had a lot in common, but many differences in fighting for freedom. Booker T. Washington was not just someone who wanted to stop discrimination, but he was also a former slave. After the civil war his family could finally live in peace except they were very poor so Booker had to get a job to help out his family when all he wanted to do was learn and go to

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