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By: Joe Schneider, Cely Lopez, Matthew Sternberg, Steven

By: Joe Schneider, Cely Lopez, Matthew Sternberg, Steven. Booker T. Washington. Born April of 1856 Died November 1915 He was a writer, teacher, and an African American Civil Rights leader. What He was Know For.

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By: Joe Schneider, Cely Lopez, Matthew Sternberg, Steven

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  1. By: Joe Schneider, Cely Lopez, Matthew Sternberg, Steven

  2. Booker T. Washington • Born April of 1856 Died November 1915 • He was a writer, teacher, and an African American Civil Rights leader

  3. What He was Know For • Advocating improvements in the black community through education and economic self-reliance • Founding the Tuskegee Institute (now Tuskegee University) and the National Negro Business League

  4. W.E.B. Du Bois • Born in1868 died in 1963 • He was a scholar, an editor, and an African America activist • Founding member of the National Association for the advancement of colored people.

  5. What he was known for • He fought against racism and discretion • Made contributions to debates about race, politics, and history in the United States

  6. Old schools • Education was a necessary step to economical and social success • By the time of the Civil War, about half of white Americans were attending public schools, but many left school at an early age • In 1870, only 2% of 17 year olds graduated high school • Most Americans only went to school to learn to read and write • In 1900, 31 states passed laws requiring children of ages between 8 and 14 to go to school. • By 1910, 72% of American children attended school, and the amount of 17 year olds that graduated rose to 8.6%

  7. Continued • After the civil war, women looked for greater opportunities for education • Philanthropists or a person who gave donations to worthy causes such as schools, established private women’s colleges. • Women had a hard time obtaining an education.

  8. Continued • Very few colleges accepted blacks. • In 1890 only 160 African Americans were attending colleges. • During reconstruction, a number of black colleges had been founded through the efforts of the American Missionary Association and the Freedmen’s Bureau. • In 1910, more than 2,000 African Americans graduated from colleges

  9. The end • That’s all Thanks For not going asleep

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