Booker T. Washington And WEB Du Bois
During the late 1800s the rights of all african americans were restricted by laws created by the local government. Such laws segregated african americans from whites, and restricted their right to vote and prevented them from gaining their constitutional rights. Booker T Washington was a strong minded African American man who believed in the rights of all African Americans. He was born in Virginia on April 5, 1856. Booker T washington was influential to the nation due to both his knowledge and thinking because he fought for the equality of African Americans by asking blacks to accept that they were subordinate to whites and that African Americans should show whites that they are useful and skillful. By doing so, they are showing whites that
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Du Bois’ method toward the problems of African Americans contradicted from Washington’s. Unlike Washington, Du Bois believed in a higher education for African Americans. He thought blacks could not gain status in life without it because Du Bois believed they deserved the same opportunities that whites were given just to be fair. Du Bois disagrees with Washington’s opinions because he believes, “In fact the burden belongs to the nation, and the hands of none of us are clean if we do not all work on fighting great wrongs” (Du Bois). WEB Du Bois believes that African Americans should not be obliged to work so rigorously to be accepted into the community by whites. Instead, they should automatically be welcomed and handled as equals because political rights were already granted to them by the constitution. Du Bois strongly believed that blacks should be given their constitutional authority, rights and an higher education because without those things they will always remain second-class compared to whites. WEB Du Bois’ ideas countered those of Booker T Washington’s but, the ideas of Washington were more realistic and reasonable than those of Du Bois making Washington the stronger advocate for African Americans. With the use of Washington’s Ideas the nation changed because with hard work, blacks were eventually noted as of equal status to whites. This is significant to me because, no matter what race a person is everyone should be treated equally and with respect and I appreciate how Washington believes people should be respected by their skill and
Du Bois’ method toward the problems of African Americans contradicted from Washington’s. Unlike Washington, Du Bois believed in a higher education for African Americans. He thought blacks could not gain status in life without it because Du Bois believed they deserved the same opportunities that whites were given just to be fair. Du Bois disagrees with Washington’s opinions because he believes, “In fact the burden belongs to the nation, and the hands of none of us are clean if we do not all work on fighting great wrongs” (Du Bois). WEB Du Bois believes that African Americans should not be obliged to work so rigorously to be accepted into the community by whites. Instead, they should automatically be welcomed and handled as equals because political rights were already granted to them by the constitution. Du Bois strongly believed that blacks should be given their constitutional authority, rights and an higher education because without those things they will always remain second-class compared to whites. WEB Du Bois’ ideas countered those of Booker T Washington’s but, the ideas of Washington were more realistic and reasonable than those of Du Bois making Washington the stronger advocate for African Americans. With the use of Washington’s Ideas the nation changed because with hard work, blacks were eventually noted as of equal status to whites. This is significant to me because, no matter what race a person is everyone should be treated equally and with respect and I appreciate how Washington believes people should be respected by their skill and