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Although Du Bois new that jobs and education were a good thing he didn’t feel like it was enough and he made sure to voice that. Du Bois believed that, African Americans rights and self-worth was more important and education would come with their rights, which is completely right. Du Bois plan was to fight for political power first, that way there is African Americans in office to let the African Americans voices be heard and let them have some say in the decisions being made about them. Once they received political power they then would fight for civil rights because once they received political power it would be harder for them to deprive African Americans of their rights when there is an African American in office with higher power. Du Bois then felt that once the political power and civil right were received then the fight for higher education for the African American youth would be the next battle. Once you have rights and political power to make decisions he felt higher education could be received and never taken from them again. Du Bois plan was problematic but

During the American Gilded Age, W.E.B Du Bois, a civil rights activist, historian, and sociologist, was a significant figure in U.S history. He strongly advocated for the rights of blacks in post-civil war America primarily focusing on the importance of education, political rights, and social equality for African Americans. His accomplishments include becoming the first black to get a PhD at Harvard and co-founding the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People in 1909. Although there were many ground breaking progress for blacks, Du Bois heavily expressed his concern for black representation in the political system. In his 1903 book, The Souls of Black Folks, Du Bois articulated the importance of representation for blacks stating,

Colin Kaepernick, a San Francisco 49er quarterback but also a daring black man that has decided to speak for the voices that can’t, has made his voice heard by kneeling during America’s beloved ‘The Star-Spangled Banner’. Jaweed Kaleem writes in the article “In the ‘land of the free,’ are you free to sit out the national anthem?” about the controversial topic in which he showcases the two sides of how it deems to be disrespectful to sit out the national anthem vs how Kaepernick has the freedom of expression to sit out what he believes does not benefit him.

Growing up Du Bois often played with the white kids in school, and he strived to be recognized for being more knowledgeable in all aspects than they were, however, he came to realize that it would never be possible. Through interactions with other black boys Du Bois was made aware of his limitations, nevertheless, he, like many black people fought to be optimistic in finding ways to take these opportunities that were so rightfully theirs. However, the question emerged of how could a person strive to be prosperous and have everything that the race he so greatly detest has, without being considered dishonorable by his own people? Many African Americans are brainwashed and fall under the misconception that having an education, a career, or even speaking proper, falls into the category of acting white. This ideology places a lot of stress on many successful black people, who growing up faced bullying and were described as a disgrace to their own race.

These ideas of the “color line” and the “glass ceiling” have shaped the Veil around colored people. Du Bois describes the color line as spectrum of all races and what races are more “superior” in America and black people are at the end of this spectrum. When Social Darwinism was prevalent during this time, Du Bois believed that every black person should become educated in order to educate more generations to come, so that black people can shape into studious beings. He being a professor himself, found that exposure to education at a young age would have more impact than trying to become educated as an adult. When black people did this and succeeded, white people still looked at them

Colin Kaepernick, a quarterback for the San Francisco 49ers, has created much controversy in the nation over his latest protest. During a preseason football game Kaepernick was photographed sitting during the national anthem (McKirdy). When asked about the action later, Kaepernick explained, “I am not going to stand up to show pride in a flag for a country that oppresses black people and people of color,” (Wyche). The nation exploded. Many showed their support for the quarterback, expressing pride in him for “standing up” for the things he believes in. Others displayed their anger with him for disrespecting the flag and all the things the flag represents. After seeing what a backlash his action received, Kaepernick decided to kneel instead of sitting, claiming that his new way of protesting would show more respect for those in the line of duty (Anthem uproar). Although he has the right to protest, sitting during the national anthem is the wrong way to draw attention to a specific cause.

DuBois was considered to be the inspiration for the literary movement known as the “Harlem Renaissance.” Du Bois also believed that if a small group of young black Americans could stay and retain the information in college educations, then they could be leaders of the race and encourage other black Americans to do the same and to reach a higher level of education. Contrary to Booker T. Washington. W.E.B. Du Bois assumed that if you wanted to achieve something and be good at it, you have to just got for it without turning back. Altered from Booker T. Washington, Du Bois understood that not all black men could go to college, but he believed that the ones that could, should, and should be able to succeed. There were six black institutions, and they were “Atlanta, Fisk, Howard, Shaw, Wilberforce, and Leland, and in those six institutes, only seven hundred and fifty were black college students.” Du Bois take on a trade school was different then Washington’s take on a trade school. Du Bois had said that “trade schools cannot teach people skills and how to fund themselves while keeping industries on a commercial basis.” W.E.B. Du Bois had said that he thinks that there should be social change, and that this could happen if there was a small group of college educated blacks that would be called “the Talented Tenth.” With this Du Bois says: "The Negro Race, like all races, is going to be saved by its exceptional men. The problem of education then, among Negroes, must first of all deal with the "Talented Tenth." It is the problem of developing the best of this race that they may guide the Mass away from the contamination and death of the worst."

At the start of the 2016 NFL preseason, Colin Kaepernick, quarterback of the San Francisco 49ers, decided to take a seat during the National Anthem. His gesture during the first preseason game went unnoticed until the third preseason game. Many Americans disapproved and were very angry with him because America thinks sitting during the National Anthem is disrespectful to our military and our Nation. In an interview,32 Kaepernick said he was doing this because there is too much racial discrimination and police brutality against blacks. By the last preseason game, Kaepernick was kneeling instead of sitting because he respects the former and current military and he thought sitting was too disrespectful against the military. As the NFL season continues, so does Kaepernick's protest. Americans should be for the National Anthem Protest because the protest is fighting racial discrimination and police brutality.

Du Bois and Washington had a goal of obtaining education for all blacks, but went about it differently. Washington wanted blacks to accept discrimination just to receive an education for vocational skills. That’s where Washington and Du Bois disagreed. Du Bois wanted to educate blacks so they can gain political and civil rights. Washington expanded his political views and believed that the blacks deserved political rights, but they should not try forcing to get them. Du Bois believed Washington’s idea of blacks becoming submissive for education would only benefit the whites. Before even helping blacks receive an education, Washington made sure he had one of his own. Washington was determined to get an education when he became aware that there was a school for all races in Virginia. Later, He attended Hampton Normal Agricultural Institute by working as a janitor until receiving a scholarship. Washington believed for blacks to obtain economic success they had to be compliant to whites. Washington also believed “that to get into a schoolhouse and study in this way would be about the same as getting into paradise” (Washington 4). This demonstrates his ideas in which education was a major requirement in order to succeed.

There have been various tactics that southern whites used to slow down this educational progress. First, White communities would not hire African-American teachers, despite meeting the required credentials. Du Bois faced this firsthand when he was searching for a job in Tennessee. He would walk, because horses were too expensive, many miles asking schools ‘Got a teacher? Yes.’ The difficulty of being accepted into schools is another reason behind the uneducated African-American. Some schools would deny students based on the color of their skin. For example, Alexander Crummell was an African-American who sought an education from the General Theological Seminary of the Episcopal Church. He would be rejected admission; but, the rejection did not deter him from his goal of obtaining an education. He would eventually own “his own chapel in Providence, a priest of the Church.” The experience of him being rejected created a man that would not complain of America’s standards. Instead, he would use the rejection to inspire the young, unwilling, and uneducated

William Edward Burghardt Du Bois (W. E. B. Du Bois) had an spent a majority of his lifetime earning degrees, teaching others and learning from others. He earned his bachelor’s degree from Fisk University in Tennessee. He then earned his master's degree and doctorate from Harvard University . Where “His dissertation, The Suppression of the African Slave Trade to the United States of America, 1638-1870, was published as No. 1 in the Harvard Historical Series.” (National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, n.d) Then W. E. B. Du Bois went to learn from Max Weber at the University of Berlin. Later he was teaching courses at Wilberforce University on Greek and Latin and at Atlanta University on sociology. At Atlanta University he also did research and stay at the school for the majority of the rest of his career.

Born on February 23, 1868 in Great Barrington , Massachusetts , he grew up to know little of his father , due to his death . He later attended to school , where all his teachers supported him and encouraged him to do more in his local high school . When he was sixteen years old , his mother died in 1885 , after six months he then enrolled at Fisk University , the best southern college for freed slaves . In 1888 , his junior year he enrolled at Harvard , where he received a B.A. cum laude , an M.A. , and a Ph.D. Then in 1899 , he published his first book , “The Philadelphia Negro : A Social Study ,” it was a study in Philadelphia . Later in 1910 he

Since whites did not want to teach them, African Americans decided to educate themselves and succeeded. For instance, Du Bois celebrates the fact that “in a single generation [the missionaries of ‘68] put thirty thousand black teachers in the South; they wiped out the illiteracy if the majority of the black people of the land, and they make Tuskegee possible” (60). This quote implies that when given the opportunity to do so, blacks can succeed educationally just as well as whites. Therefore, another part of Du Bois’ scholarly agenda is to educate African

Despite this, Du Bois points out the many downfalls of Washington’s attitude and beliefs about the way in which black people should approach not only their education, but also their basic human rights in America. It’s stated that Washington preaches the idea that black people advance by practicing submission in the forms of forfeiting political power, “insistence on civil rights”, and higher education, instead focusing on industrial education (39). Du Bois shows how problematic this is because of the far reach Washington and his ideas have. Du Bois argues that these particular conventions have, though not as a direct result of Washington, but more specifically because of his propaganda, had much more detrimental consequences for African Americans

This article is about Colin Kaepernick’s choice of sitting during the pledge and the national anthem. Some see his choice as either a disgrace or heroic. Taking a stand for what the flag really means; freedom and equality. Other colored athletes have gotten hate for not showing respect towards the flag as well.