1. Booker T. Washington & W.E.B. DuBois African American History

2. Activities & Objectives Washington & DuBois Intro PowerPoint With your partner you will analyze the pamphlets for Washington & DuBois Fill out and discuss the “Talking Heads” Handout Rest of the week: Washington & DuBois Paper Identify the importance of Booker T. Washington & W.E.B. Du Bois Compare and contrast the differing positions of W.E.B. Du Bois & Booker T. Washington regarding the citizenship of African Americans Interpret the positions of W.E.B. Du Bois & Booker T. Washington within the context of the late Nineteenth Century

3. Key Questions: If somebody is denied power, privilege, and equal standing with other Americans, how should he or she respond?... How did Booker T. Washington & W.E.B. Du Bois respond to being African American in the late 1800s?

4. Thirteenth Amendment Abolished and continues to prohibit slavery and involuntary servitude

5. Fourteenth Amendment Citizenship Clause: Overruled Dred Scott v. Sanford (citizenship) Due Process Clause: Prohibits state and local governments from depriving people of their rights to life, liberty, or property Equal Protection Clause: Basis for Brown v. Board of Education

6. Fifteenth Amendment Prohibits each government in the U.S. from denying a citizen the right to vote based on the citizens race, color, or previous condition of servitude

7. Dilemma You are an African American born into slavery in 1845. When you are in your twenties, the U.S. Congress ratifies the Thirteenth, Fourteenth, and Fifteenth Amendments. Still, you know that even though the laws have changed, the hearts and minds of certain European Americans in your community have not changed. How do you respond? How did Washington & DuBois respond?

8. Photos W.E.B. Du BoisBooker T. Washington 1856 - 19151868 - 1963