Booker T Washington was an educator born April 5‚ 1865. He was an author and wrote 50 books. He was born in Hale’s Ford Virginia. He died November 14‚ 1915. Booker was born into slavery in Virginia. His mother worked as a cook for the plantation owner and his father was a white man that no one knew. They lived in a one room log cabin. At a young age he was working and carrying 100 pound sacks of grain to the mill. Washington was so fascinated by learning and school. When he saw a schoolhouse near
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schools. More most blacks the emancipation and the ending of the civil war was a huge change; socially‚ economically and politically. In 1865 Booker T. Washington and his family moved to West Virginia where he worked as a salt packer. Booker was a former slave and an educator. In 1881‚ he founded the Tuskegee Institute in Alabama. In 1872‚ Booker T. Washington left home and walked 500 miles to Hampton Normal Agricultural Institute in Virginia. Along the way he took odd jobs to take care of himself
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Booker T. Washington: The Educator Booker Taliaferro Washington was born in the time era when slavery was still legal and when born on a plantation‚ he was born into slavery. He worked as a child laborer on the plantation in harsh conditions. Once the Civil war was over‚ Washington was a freeman. However he continued to do manual labor while working in a coal mine. While listening in on a couple of fellow workers’ conversation about a college for blacks‚ he became so intrigued from the way the
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Washington vs. DuBois Booker T. Washington and W.E.B Dubois had different views on how they were going to work towards equality for blacks. Booker T was the dominant african american leader from 1890 to 1915. Dubois graduated from Harvard University and was the leader of the Niagara Movement. Booker T wanted the blacks to work for their equality. “No race can prosper till it learns that there is as much dignity in tilling a field as in writing a poem. It is at the bottom of life we must
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laws. Segregation was going on everywhere and there was no equality for blacks. Even through these times of trouble there were two dominant leaders in the African American community. Booker T. Washington was a well-known intellectual who was born an emancipated slave who became a self-made man. One could argue Washington was too practical. He believed that there was no way in the near term that whites would grant full equality to African-Americans‚ and therefore he should try to achieve what equality
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During the late 19th and early 20th century‚ Booker T. Washington and W.E.B DuBois came to be known as two of the great leaders in civil rights movement and more importantly in the education of the black community. Although Booker T. Washington and W.E.B DuBois have the common goal of improving the education of African Americans‚ both of these great leaders have different philosophies in the education of the black community. Booker T. Washington and W.E.B DuBois come from different backgrounds and have
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Georgia 1895‚ Booker T. Washington would deliver a speech called the “Atlanta Compromise Address”. Influential speech made by Washington and ant one point almost not allowed to be spoken‚ especially to an all white audience. However‚ having a black speaker would and should impress the Northerners and prove the racial changes in the south. Washington speech would provide the theory of “cast their buckets where they are” for all blacks. Beginnings to the end of Washington address‚ Washington use many
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Washington vs. DuBois Approach for 1877-1915 On January 1‚ 1863‚ the United States’ Negro population was proclaimed “henceforth and forever free” according to President Abraham Lincoln’s establishment of the Emancipation Proclamation. However‚ years after its release‚ the Negro population was still mistreated. After the Civil War‚ white southerners were relentless in establishing themselves as the superior race. The newly implemented Black Codes restricted African Americans’ of their new freedom
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During the time of racial segregation in The United States‚ thousands of leaders rose from their seats to fight for equal rights for Africa Americans. Two main leaders were Booker T. Washington and W.E.B Du Bois. Although both leaders had the same goal‚ their views of achieving them were completely different. Washington believed in gradually working their way up the ladder; year after year African Americans will be treated with more and more respect and equality they deserve. On the other hand‚ Du
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Booker T. Washington and W.E.B. Dubois Debate The debate between Booker T. Washington and W.E.B. Dubois turned out to be one of the greatest intellectual as well as inspiring battles in our United States history. This great debate sparked the interest of African Americans and whites throughout the entire country. Both men had distinct views on how blacks should go about progressing politically‚ socially‚ as well as financially here in the United States. Both Du Bois and Washington wanted African-Americans
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