booker. t washington speech
Research Issue: How does Booker T. Washington in his Atlantic Speech express his leadership skills when it comes to the equal and exact justice of the blacks of America?
The blacks of America have been stipulated to a lot of injustice throughout the 19th century. We have heard of the cruelty of this particular race which stems way back to the 15th century. There were many slaves who had to endure a lot of hard labor in order to survive. Mr. Booker T. Washington an African American slave despises the cruelty of his race and the discrimination of the blacks compared to the white. The inequalities in which he described in his Atlantic Speech have prompted many readers to analyze the insanity in which the Negros faced. Although some many find it senseless others may find it very interesting for a Negro to not only stand up for the other Negros but also for the equal rights of Humans in general. The general population back in 1895 was mostly whites compared to black and slavery was at its highest. Not only where there discrimination but also racism. Mr. Booker T. Washington who was also a slave back when he was a young had seen and witness many horrific events. He was born in Virginia on April 5, 1856 to his mother Jane and his father a white man unknown to the public. It’s so ironic that from his birth Mr. Washington was born into a world of controversy because to have a Negro mother and a white father it brings questions to his true identity and although back in those day blacks were not allowed to congregate with the whites this somehow became a reality. Like many slaves Mr. Washington was put to work at a very early age like which was stated in his book (The Story of my life), “As soon as I was old enough I performed what, to me, was important service, in holding the horses, and riding behind the white women of the household on their long horseback rides, which were very common in those days” (pg.17). However education was not to be permitted to any of the
The blacks of America have been stipulated to a lot of injustice throughout the 19th century. We have heard of the cruelty of this particular race which stems way back to the 15th century. There were many slaves who had to endure a lot of hard labor in order to survive. Mr. Booker T. Washington an African American slave despises the cruelty of his race and the discrimination of the blacks compared to the white. The inequalities in which he described in his Atlantic Speech have prompted many readers to analyze the insanity in which the Negros faced. Although some many find it senseless others may find it very interesting for a Negro to not only stand up for the other Negros but also for the equal rights of Humans in general. The general population back in 1895 was mostly whites compared to black and slavery was at its highest. Not only where there discrimination but also racism. Mr. Booker T. Washington who was also a slave back when he was a young had seen and witness many horrific events. He was born in Virginia on April 5, 1856 to his mother Jane and his father a white man unknown to the public. It’s so ironic that from his birth Mr. Washington was born into a world of controversy because to have a Negro mother and a white father it brings questions to his true identity and although back in those day blacks were not allowed to congregate with the whites this somehow became a reality. Like many slaves Mr. Washington was put to work at a very early age like which was stated in his book (The Story of my life), “As soon as I was old enough I performed what, to me, was important service, in holding the horses, and riding behind the white women of the household on their long horseback rides, which were very common in those days” (pg.17). However education was not to be permitted to any of the