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1 African American Responses
Booker T. Washington W.E.B. DuBois 2 different approaches and solutions to segregation and discrimination

2 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

3 Booker T. Washington 1856-1915 Born into Slavery
Became an advisor to President Roosevelt and President Taft He founded the Tuskegee Institute Black School

4 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

5 W.E.B. DuBois Short Term FIX NOW
Believed in FULL political, social, and civil rights for African Americans Short Term FIX NOW

6 W.E.B. DuBois 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

7 NAACP Organization that advocated for political, social, and civil rights for African Americans. Founded in 1909

8 Booker T Washington and W.E.B. DuBois
Booker T Washington W.E.B. DuBois Sum Up

9 Vocational (job) training schools
American society social segregation temporary compromise equality could come in time Tuskegee Institute economic progress

10 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.

11 Vocational (job) training schools
American society social segregation long-term plan equality could come in time Tuskegee Institute economic (money) progress

12 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.


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