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Approaches to Equality: Booker T. Washington vs W.E.B. DuBois

Explore the differing strategies of Booker T. Washington and W.E.B. DuBois in the fight for African American equality during the Jim Crow Era. Discover their perspectives on economic opportunity, education, and civil rights. Understand the impact of their approaches on the African American community.

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Approaches to Equality: Booker T. Washington vs W.E.B. DuBois

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  1. What’s Happening in the following weeks…. • NO FINAL EXAM!  • FINAL PROJECT: Details on Tuesday.

  2. Bell Ringer • During the Jim Crow Era (after the Civil War), what would have been the best way for African Americans to make gains in society and fight for equality?

  3. Two Af/Am Intellectuals Two Approaches to Equality Booker T. Washington W.E.B. DuBois Common Question: “What should African Americans do to get their place in society?”

  4. Booker T. Washington1856-1915 • Born a slave • Educated at Hampton University • Founder of Tuskegee University

  5. The Atlanta Compromise • BTW gave speech at the “Negro Pavilion” in Atlanta, 1895 • Urged southern blacks AND whites to “cast down your bucket where you are.” • "In all things that are purely social, "he said, "we can be as separate as the fingers, yet one as the hand in all things essential to mutual progress.”

  6. B.T. Washington’s Plan • Blacks should not blame whites for their situation • Blacks should start from the bottom and work up • Build economic base with farming/industry • ACCEPT Jim Crow inequalities for now: work for economic opportunity • Civil/political rights NOT as important as economic opportunity • Developed programs for job training & vocational skills (3)

  7. Approach endeared him to influential whites Dined with President Roosevelt in 1901

  8. Asked whites to give job opportunities to black people • Popular with white leaders in North/South • Unpopular with many black leaders • Some considered him an Uncle Tom

  9. W.E.B. DuBois1868-1963 • Born in Boston, Mass. as a free black • Educated at Fisk and Harvard University • Initially supported B. T. Washington

  10. DuBois's Plan • Wrote “The Souls of Black Folk” where he criticized Washington’s approach • “The problem of the 20th century will be the color line.” • Demanded immediate equality • Blacks should get educated • Advocated the Talented Tenth • Black doctors, lawyers, intellectuals

  11. NAACP(National Association for the Advancement of Colored People) • Founded by 60 people - 7 African American (including DuBois, Ida B. Wells) • Goal was to secure equal rights guaranteed in the 13th ,14th and 15th amendments • First president was a white lawyer • DuBois directed Publications and Research

  12. Who Would Have Said It?..For each quote, identify the speaker: Booker T or WEB? “Demand equality and demand it now!” “Be a plumber, be an electrician...get a job and earn the respect of the white man.” “We are just as smart any white person, if not smarter! We shouldn’t need to prove that! Demand that Jim Crow laws be repealed throughout the South now!”

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