African Americans Fight for Rights “All men are created equal.”
Booker T. Washington W.E.B. Du Bois
Booker T. Washington W. E. B. Du Bois Background Advice Strategy Support African American Leaders
Booker T. Washington W. E. B. Du Bois Background Slave, self-taught, coal mines, school Scholar, Harvard, PhD Advice Strategy Support African American Leaders
Booker T. Washington W. E. B. Du Bois Background Slave, self-taught, coal mines, school Scholar, Harvard, PhD Advice Accept inferior position Get complete equality Strategy Support African American Leaders
Booker T. Washington W. E. B. Du Bois Background Slave, self-taught, coal mines, school Scholar, Harvard, PhD Advice Accept inferior position Get complete equality Strategy Education (vocational) and saving money Oppose and fight discrimination Support African American Leaders
Booker T. Washington W. E. B. Du Bois Background Slave, self-taught, coal mines, school Scholar, Harvard, PhD Advice Accept inferior position Get complete equality Strategy Education (vocational) and saving money Oppose and fight discrimination Support Business leaders, Presidents, many whites, many blacks Jane Addams, reformers, NAACP, blacks and whites African American Leaders
Think about it… In what way do you think the very different backgrounds of Booker T. Washington and W.E.B. Du Bois influenced their very different beliefs and strategies concerning the advancement of African Americans in society?
Lynching Who? What? Where? When? Why?
Lynching Who?Whites against African Americans What? Where? When? Why?
Lynching Who?Whites against African Americans What?Epidemic of murder by a mob Where? When? Why?
Lynching Who?Whites against African Americans What?Epidemic of murder by a mob Where?South and elsewhere When? Why?
Lynching Who?Whites against African Americans What?Epidemic of murder by a mob Where?South and elsewhere When?1890s through Great Depression Why?
Lynching Who?Whites against African Americans What?Epidemic of murder by a mob Where?South and elsewhere When?1890s through Great Depression Why?Prejudice; anger during Depression; blame others for problems
Think about it How might this treatment of whites toward African Americans impact the women’s movement that is occurring simultaneously?
Ida B. Wells
Muckraker Who Protecting How
Muckraker WhoIda B Wells Protecting How
Muckraker WhoIda B Wells ProtectingAfrican Americans How
Muckraker WhoIda B Wells ProtectingAfrican Americans HowNewspaper: Free Speech; urge African Americans to protest lynchings, boycott segregated places; speak out
Think about it… How would an African American woman prioritize her fight for rights in the context of both the women’s movement and the movement for African American advancement?
Setbacks and Successes SetbacksSuccesses
Setbacks and Successes SetbacksSuccesses White Progressives don’t care
Setbacks and Successes SetbacksSuccesses White Progressives don’t care President Wilson supports segregation
Setbacks and Successes SetbacksSuccesses White Progressives don’t care Inventors (George Washington Carver and Sarah Walker) President Wilson supports segregation
Setbacks and Successes SetbacksSuccesses White Progressives don’t care Inventors (George Washington Carver and Sarah Walker) President Wilson supports segregation Black run businesses, colleges, and churches serve African Americans
Think about it… How would you anticipate both Booker T. Washington and W.E.B. DuBois responding to the setbacks and successes of African Americans?