Booker T Washington and W.E.B. DuBois were civil rights leaders with polarizing opinions as to how equality should be attained. These two leaders emerged after the Civil War, when Americans were trying to establish a new normal for interactions between blacks and whites. Washington believed that blacks should work and prove themselves worthy of greater human rights. He established several schools for the education of blacks in various fields, but none of the positions he trained workers for were very elevated. DuBois is known for his revolutionary and fiery opinions. He believed that equality was not something to be waited for, and that blacks have nothing to "prove" to whites as far as their capabilities. Though these two leaders both desired equality, their methods for attaining it were very different.
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WEB Dubois and Booker T. Washington were both major leaders in the Civil Rights Movement. If WEB Dubois were to criticize Washington it may be that he felt that Washington was too narrow minded and holding back the blacks in America.
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W.E.B. DuBois
Dubois believed that African Americans should not accept segregation
he said that Washington was wrong
he said that Washington was wrong
Martin Luther King Jr. was influenced by Booker T. Washington's autobiography titled Up From Slavery. He was influenced by W.E.B. DuBois because his father was involved with the NAACP which DuBois helped to start.
he said that Washington was wrong
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They agreed that segregation was wrong. (apex)
Well Booker T. Washington had grown up as a servent while WED Dubois had grown up as a scholar. I think it had to do with where they lived and how they were raised.