Monday, March 26, 2012

What was the major diference between Booker T. Washington & W.E.B. DuBois?

Booker T. Washington and W.E.B. Du Bois were two African
American leaders who took different approaches to discrimination and segregation
experienced by African Americans.  Washington took what he considered to be a more
practical approach to these problems. He emphasized accommodation and accepting
discrimination and segregation for the time being.  He advised African Americans to
learn skilled trades to earn more money and improve their lives.  This would eventually
lead to African Americans being fully integrated and accepted as citizens. Du Bois took
another approach.  He urged African Americans to actively fight discrimination rather
than to patiently submit to it.  He advocated political action and was one of the
founders of the NAACP. He demanded equal economic opportunity and the end to racial
segregation.  He felt African Americans should strive for more than just working in the
trades and urged equal educational opportunities for African
Americans.

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