Web Du Bois Vs. Booker T. Washington: Who Was Right?
WEB Du Bois vs. Booker T. Washington: Who was right?
by San
Two great leaders of the black community in the late 19th and 20th century were W.E.B. Du Bois and Booker T. Washington. However, they sharply disagreed on strategies for black social and economic progress. Their opposing philosophies can be found in much of today\'s discussions over how to end class and racial injustice, what is the role of black leadership, and what do the \'haves\' owe the \'have-nots\' in the black community.
W.E.B. DuBois was born on February 23, 1868 in Great Barrington, Massachusetts. He died August 27, 1963 but not before he was known as a historian,professor writer, editor, sociologist and my favorite , the radicalist. Du Bois grew up in a single parent home with no father. He went to schools that had mostly white students. (This I found very intriguing because his attitude was more blacks should be equal no matter what unlike his counter part Booker T. Washington whose attitude seemed to be......
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