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This 4 page paper compares and contrasts the methods of these two leaders. How each viewed society and how they believed social change could be accomplished are highlighted. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
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find a place in society. Their methods in respect to how to level the playing field, or for black individuals to get along in society, are fundamentally different. Similar to
the differences between Martin Luther King and Malcolm X who would come to change life for African Americans down the road, W.E.B. DuBois and Booker T. Washington would be responsible
for altering life earlier on. And while their methods differed, their goals were the same. In his Atlantic Compromise address Booker T. Washington hinted that African Americans accept their social
stature for the mean time, while encouraging them to work through the system and make money and get out of their inferior positions. In 1895, many saw Booker T. Washington
as the quintessential black man. To the people of his day, he was an Al Sharpton or a Jesse Jackson. He was a leader of the black community. And while
many white people were awed by his presentation, there were black people who were understandably upset, one of those being none other than the writer and sociologist W.E.B. DuBois. In
many ways, one can see where Booker T. Washington would be looked at as a traitor to his race. His ideas may be equated with a turn the other cheek
ideology. This is a biblical principle that embraces the idea that despite the fact that one is maltreated, one should not fight back. This is also part of the Christian
tradition that proliferates the idea that one should actually befriend their enemies. To some extent, that is what Booker T. Washington was saying. While W.E.B. DuBois was upset, it
is perhaps the case that he took Washingtons words the wrong way. All he seems to be saying is that while the white man may not be right--and he does
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