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A 3 page research paper/essay that briefly describes the positions of Booker T. Washington and W.E.B. Du Bois on black advancement and black education in the early twentieth century and then discusses which vision was more in keeping with the aspirations of Southern blacks and which vision was more realistic. Bibliography lists 2 sources.
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had risen to become the leading black educator in the country, the legendary "Wizard of Tuskegee" (Bauerlein). While both men were leaders of the African American community in the early
twentieth century, their views on black education and how the interests of black Americans should be advanced were very different. Du Bois addressed these differences in his book The
Souls of Black Folk. Chapter three of this text focuses on Washingtons career and how they differed philosophically. Du Bois points out that Washington first came to national attention during
a time when "the nation was a little ashamed of having bestowed so much sentiment on Negroes" (Du Bois 23). As this indicates, Du Bois was aware of the sociopolitical
atmosphere of the post-Civil War era, and other chapters of his book show Du Bois awareness of the horrible conditions under which ex-slaves lived. Seeing this hardship, Washington felt that
black should first of all focus on overcoming economic disadvantage by focusing their educational efforts on the acquisition of marketable skills, rather than emphasizing political civil rights. Washington put
his philosophy concisely in what is known as the "Atlanta Compromise," in which Washington said of relations between the races that "In all things purely social we can be
separate as the five fingers, and yet one as the hand in all things essential to mutual progress" (quoted by Du Bois 24). This "compromise" acknowledged the reality that
the South could never recover from the devastation of the Civil War without the active cooperation and achievement of its black citizenry. As this indicates, Washingtons approach was logical
in that it was founded on the idea that progress must be achieved by all in order for any to truly prosper. Washingtons philosophy should be understood within the context
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