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African-American Leadership in the Early 1900s

African-American Leadership in the Early 1900s. April 13, 2011 Objectives : 1. TSW compare and contrast the viewpoints of two early Civil Rights leaders. 2. TSW debate the viewpoints of Booker T. Washington & W.E.B. DuBois. Black Leadership in the early 1900s – 2 Views. Accomodationists

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African-American Leadership in the Early 1900s

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  1. African-American Leadership in the Early 1900s April 13, 2011 Objectives:1. TSW compare and contrast the viewpoints of two early Civil Rights leaders. 2. TSW debate the viewpoints of Booker T. Washington & W.E.B. DuBois.

  2. Black Leadership in the early 1900s – 2 Views • Accomodationists • Booker T. Washington • Rising Expectations • W.E.B. Du Bois & Ida B. Wells-Barnett

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

  4. Booker T. Washington • Lived 1856-1915 • Born a slave in Virginia • Educated at Hampton University • Founder of Tuskegee University

  5. Tuskegee University – Early 1900s A Few classes at Tuskegee in the Early Years: History (above), Blacksmithing (top right), & Mattress making (bottom right)

  6. Booker T. Washington • Views given in “The Atlanta Compromise” in 1895 • Blacks should not blame whites for their situation • Blacks should start from the bottom, work their way and “be patient” • Work for economic opportunity • Opposed agitating for black rights because it would cause setbacks

  7. Booker T. Washington • Wanted programs for job training and vocational skills for black Americans • Ask whites to give job opportunities to Black people • B.T.W. went on to found the Urban League which provided jobs and training for blacks • B.T.W. was unpopular with many Black leaders, but was popular with white leaders in the North and South. Why?

  8. W.E.B. DuBois • Born in Massachusetts to a free black family (1868-1963) • Educated at Fisk, Harvard, & Berlin • Sociology Professor at Atlanta University in 1897

  9. W.E.B. DuBois • Views given in The Souls of Black Folks • Strongly opposed B.T.W.’s acceptance of segregation and Jim Crow • Felt that white people caused problems by denying rights to Black people

  10. W.E.B. DuBois • Advocated the “Talented Tenth” • Felt that talented Black students should get a good education and then help everyone else • Felt it was wrong to expect a citizen to “earn their rights”

  11. NAACP • National Association for the Advancement of Colored People • Founded by 60 people, 7 of whom were African-American (including DuBois & Ida B. Wells-Barnett) • NAACP's stated goal was to secure for all people the rights guaranteed in the 13th, 14th, and 15th Amendments to the Constitution • DuBois was the only African-American among the organization's executives (even the NAACP’s president was a white man)

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