Booker T. Washington and W.E.B. DuBois

 

These two men attempted to redefine the roles of African Americans in society, but they differed in their methods

 

Booker T. Washington:

     worked his way up from slavery and his

           autobiography Up From Slavery was

           widely read

     believed in “realistic accomodation”:

           political equality will come once

           economic and property rights are

           secured

     believed that education and job training

           for manual jobs should be the focus for

           blacks

     founded the Tuskegee Institute: a

           vocational school for blacks so they

           could achieve economic equality

     believed blacks need “self help, self

           education and self respect”

 

 

 

W.E.B. DuBois:

     believed blacks should no longer wait for                 political equality

     earned a PhD from Harvard in 1895  

     led the Niagara Movement (1905) which

           demanded equal treatment and rights

           for blacks including the right to vote

     this movement later developed into the

           National Association for the

           Advancement of Colored People

           (NAACP) which was founded to                    protect civil rights and prevent

           disenfranchisement

     DuBois served as the NAACP’s

           spokesman