Washington Vs Dubois Dbq Essay
Booker T. Washington and W.E.B. Du Bois, both early advocates of the civil rights movement, drafted, instilled, and instituted appropriate strategies and solutions to the discrimination and ideals of racial inferiority experienced by African-American Men and Women of the nineteenth and twentieth Centuries. Despite having the same common goal (Universal Tolerance of the African-American Race). Washington, condoned economic efficiency had a more gradual approach as opposed to Du Bois, whose direction of thought involved immediate and total equality in both the political realm and economical. For the time period thought(1870-1920), Washington approach was overall more effective and appropriate, whilst Du Bois approach has more of a Martin Luther
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Barnett criticized that Washington; one of the most noted of their own race should join with the enemies(Doc H). Such attitudes from Washington could truly be appreciated by Southern whites who in no way would want to be equivalent to a Negro. Although both men approached the topic differently, the advancement of civil rights would not be as far along today if it were not for both simultaneous views. Each needed the other to achieve his agenda. However, the most experienced in dealing with the sensitivity of the prejudices was Washington. He seemingly knew what buttons to push and how far he could push them. Curiously, the year Washington gave his Atlanta Compromise Address in 1895, the number of blacks lynched dropped from 170 the previous year to just above 120. Du Bois approach of ceaseless agitation, unfailing exposure of dishonesty and wrong was not ready for the time where Washington is more rational in his gradual approach. But both men gradually helped Blacks at the time gain rights, and made the stepping stones for the Civil Rights
Barnett criticized that Washington; one of the most noted of their own race should join with the enemies(Doc H). Such attitudes from Washington could truly be appreciated by Southern whites who in no way would want to be equivalent to a Negro. Although both men approached the topic differently, the advancement of civil rights would not be as far along today if it were not for both simultaneous views. Each needed the other to achieve his agenda. However, the most experienced in dealing with the sensitivity of the prejudices was Washington. He seemingly knew what buttons to push and how far he could push them. Curiously, the year Washington gave his Atlanta Compromise Address in 1895, the number of blacks lynched dropped from 170 the previous year to just above 120. Du Bois approach of ceaseless agitation, unfailing exposure of dishonesty and wrong was not ready for the time where Washington is more rational in his gradual approach. But both men gradually helped Blacks at the time gain rights, and made the stepping stones for the Civil Rights