African American Responses Booker T. Washington W.E.B. DuBois 2 different approaches and solutions to segregation and discrimination
Booker T. Washington Long Term Work Within the System Believed equality could be achieved through: Vocational Education Learning a trade or skill Accepted Social Segregation Accept Separate but Equal Work Within the System Long Term
Booker T. Washington 1856-1915 Born into Slavery Became an advisor to President Roosevelt and President Taft He founded the Tuskegee Institute Black School
Tuskegee University Founded in 1881 Founded to educate African Americans in agriculture (farming) Founded to educate African Americans in industry (factories) Wanted to promote the economic success of his race
W.E.B. DuBois Short Term FIX NOW Believed in FULL political, social, and civil rights for African Americans Short Term FIX NOW
W.E.B. DuBois 1868-1963 Attained a doctorate degree from Harvard University Founded the NAACP in 1909 along side Ida B. Wells-Barnett National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
NAACP Organization that advocated for political, social, and civil rights for African Americans. Founded in 1909
Booker T Washington and W.E.B. DuBois https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=07cispyOhWQ Booker T Washington https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TGOEED_MexI W.E.B. DuBois https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qGLm7VUbIWE Sum Up
Vocational (job) training schools American society social segregation temporary compromise equality could come in time Tuskegee Institute economic progress
immediate and without delay equality immediate and without delay political, civil, and social rights for all African Americans. National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) in 1909 along with Ida Wells Barnett.
Vocational (job) training schools American society social segregation long-term plan equality could come in time Tuskegee Institute economic (money) progress
Civil rights for all African Americans. equality now (short-term plan) Civil rights for all African Americans. National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) in 1909 along with Ida Wells Barnett.