L11: Schism in Black Activism: Booker T. Washington v. W.E.B. Dubois (1890s to early 1900s) The Struggle for Equality Agenda Objective: 1.To understand.

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L11: Schism in Black Activism: Booker T. Washington v. W.E.B. Dubois (1890s to early 1900s) The Struggle for Equality Agenda Objective: 1.To understand the nature of the Jim Crow South 2.To evaluate the competing perspectives of Washington and Dubois for how to improve the lives of African Americans in the early 1900s. Schedule: 1.Discussion of Jim Crow Laws 2.Evaluation of Washington & Dubois Homework: Content: 1. Study for Unit Test 1 (Multiple Choice & Essay) on Monday 12/8 Junior Thesis: 1.Focus Due Monday 12/8

The Jim Crow South The Jim Crow South was a period in which whites tried to reinstate their definition of social order (racial inequality) following Reconstruction Effectively recreated systematic oppression of blacks through the use of legal segregation. Ruled constitutional in the case of Plessy v. Ferguson 1896 Lasted for nearly 100 years from 1877 to 1965.

Jim Crow Laws What are they? Your task: –Review an excerpted list of Jim Crow laws –Discussion What threats/obstacles/fears did Whites hold following Reconstruction? What was the social order that was created in the Jim Crow South? What do race relations look like?

The Rise of Civil Rights and Black Agency: Setting the Stage It is in this context that we have the rise of the first “modern” black activists who sought to “improve” the black condition. –Booker T. Washington –W.E.B. DuBois

Booker T. Washington Born into slavery in Virginia Mother was a slave, father was a nearby planter. Dominant leader of the African American community from 1890 to 1915 Representative of the last generation of black leaders born in slavery Founder of Tuskegee University

W. E. B. DuBois Born and raised in Great Barrington, Massachusetts Experienced very little racism as a child First African American to earn a doctorate from Harvard Professor of history, sociology, and economics at Atlanta University Co-Founder of NAACP

Understanding the Work of Washington and DuBois Washington and DuBois were two pioneering civil rights advocates who sought to uplift or improve the conditions of African Americans but had very different ways of achieving that. We will read and discuss the plans of each thinker and their significance.