Washington Vs. Washington

He believed that believed that racial would still exist and social equality would be unproductive. His school was specifically to train African Americans in vocational skills. Washington delivered a speech in at the Atlantic Exposition in 1895. It was about African Americans coming together and staring from the bottom and making their way to the top. He believed if you show your work and prove yourself, then you will be able to do other

One of his main problems was always finding enough money. The support he received from the state was neither generous nor stable enough to build the kind of school he was developing. So he had to raise the money himself by going on speaking tours and solicitating donations. He received a lot of money from white northerners who were impressed with the work he was doing and his non-threatening racial views. Industrialists like Andrew Carnegie and John D. Rockefeller would donate money on a regular basis. It was these non-threatening racial views that gave Washington the appellation "The Great Accomodater". He believed that blacks should not push to attain equal civil and political rights with whites. Eventually they would earn the respect and love of the white man, and civil and political rights would be accrued as a matter of course.

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 was born into slavery in 1856, despite this he received an education at the Hampton Institute, a school designed to educate African Americans and Native Americas. In 1881, Washington built and became the headmaster at a school, the Tuskegee Institute, which was virtually all black in population. From this Washington lived a comfortable life and was able to give a number of addresses regarding issues of black rights. Washington’s famous speech, the Atlanta Exposition address, was given in 1895.The address was a speech designed to seek compromise between the races, through asking for greater treatment from white Southerners, in return for positive economic cooperation through educating black people in the industrial spheres. Washington

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Agriculture to Washington was one of the soul ideas of his “racial uplift” concept. He used his politician like qualities to find favor with whites in both the South and the North. He convinced southern opponents and politicians that the Tuskegee Institute offered education that would keep “African American’s down on the farm.” To the northerners he promised the teaching of an immigrant work ethic concept, while promising African American’s in the South that vocation education would give the skill sets to own land, businesses and economic freedom. His ideology was for long term progression to equality. He epitomized the “work

Washington's approach to solving the problems African Americans faced was rooted in his belief in an industrial education. Born a slave and educated at Hampton Institute Washington learned from a trade and skill based curriculum. He advocated a

Lastly, Du Bois and Washington's individual experiences are historical in the fight for black equality. The two men both lived very fulfilling lives dedicated to their life work of the black cause. Washington began his educational career at the age of 16 at the Hampton Institute while performing janitorial duties to pay his board. After graduating he returned back to West Virginia and taught adults and children. He then went away to study at the Wayland Seminary in Washington D.C. where upon his completion joined the staff at the Hampton Institute. Years later in 1881 he was asked to be the president of the Tuskegee Institution which promoted literacy among freed blacks. Here began the monument of his life work, for the rest of his days would be spent supporting the school. Then, the year 1895 marked a turning point in his life when he gave the Atlanta Compromise Address speech that would outline his beliefs for the rest of his days. Furthermore, in 1900 with help from T. Thomas Fortune the creation of the National Negro Business League happened with Washington the first president. He even accepts and invitation by Andrew Garrison to go to Europe and preach his words of wisdom. The book ends with a speech before a mixed crowd of black and white to the City Council of Richmond, Virginia, and Washington never feeling more hopeful for the African-American race. Like

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.

Finally, in 1872, Washington was able to begin his schooling. He attended the Hampton Institute from 1872 to 1875. After his stay at the Hampton Institute, he found the skills that he was taught there were extremely instrumental and so he worked to open his own Normal and Agricultural Institute.

According to Anderson (n.d.), the Reconstruction Era (1877) presented a unique problem for black professionals. Although more blacks were becoming qualified for educational and employment opportunities, the job demand shifted to industrial needs. For black leaders, having to get industrial training instead of a broader, more useful education was a beneficial short term answer for employment. The primary advocate for industrial training was Booker T. Washington. Washington, educated at the Tuskegee Institute located in Alabama, expressed publicly that manual labor will be more beneficial to individuals because that was the type of work available (Anderson, n.d.).

Hampton was more of an industrial type education. It was commonly known as the “Hampton way”. Their focus was on agricultural and mechanical trades. Booker T. Washington came out of Hampton University and founded Tuskegee Institute, which also practice vocational education. Brooker said he used the skills he learned from HU to apply them to the college he founded.

As the Reconstruction Era ended so did the market for professional job opportunities for African Americans. An area for work opportunity for African Americans was seen in the industrial labor markets. Booker T. Washington, a freedman and graduate of the Hampton Normal and Agricultural Institute, was one of the biggest advocated for the pursuit of practical training and manual labor for African Americans. He was a teacher and later elected president at Tuskegee Institute in Alabama (now the Tuskegee University). There he trained Black students to become teachers, farmers, and construction workers. Many students were apart of a work-study program and helped construct buildings at the Tuskegee Institute. Around the same time, another freedman, W.E.D Du Bois had his own ideas about African American education. He was a Harvard graduate; the first African American to received a doctorate degree, and a co-founder of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP). He criticized Washington’s vocational style of education and argued that it promoted submission to White Southern rule. He gained followers and led student protests at Hampton, Howard, and Fisk in the 1920s. As a result of the protests, the first Black president at Howard was elected in 1926 (Allen & Jewell 2002). Today, more than 100 HBCU still remain in the U.S. and have

The autobiography of Booker T. Washing titled Up From Slavery is a rich narrative of the man's life from slavery to one of the founders of the Tuskegee Institute. The book takes us through one of the most dynamic periods in this country's history, especially African Americans. I am very interested in the period following the Civil War and especially in the transformation of African Americans from slaves to freemen. Up From Slavery provides a great deal of information on this time period and helped me to better understand the transition. Up From Slavery provided a narrative on Washington's life, as well as his views on education and integration of African Americans. All though this book was

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