INTERACTIVE: WASHINGTON/DUBOIS

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WASHINGTON VS. DUBOIS

INTERACTIVE

BOOKER QUOTES

MAIN IDEAS

BACKGROUND

BOOKER T. WASHINGTON

W.E.B. QUOTES

MAIN IDEAS

BACKGROUND

W.E.B. DUBOIS

DUBOIS' APPROACH

WASHINGTON'S APPROACH

WHY THEY DISAGREED

WHY IT MATTERS

LEGACY

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ASSESSMENT

Washington's Approach * Work within the system * Focus on economic independence first * Learn trades and practical skills * Accept temporary social inequality

Washington's Main Ideas * Believed in gradual progress * Focused on learning practical job skills and trades * Encouraged African Americans to: * Learn farming and industrial skills * Start their own businesses * Be self-reliant * Accept temporary inequality while building economic strength

Du Bois's Approach * Challenge the system * Demand equal rights immediately * Pursue higher education * Fight against discrimination actively

Background * Born into slavery in Virginia * Became free after the Civil War * Worked hard to get an education * Founded Tuskegee Institute in Alabama

Background * Born free in Massachusetts * First African American to earn a Ph.D. from Harvard * Co-founded the NAACP (National Association for the Advancement of Colored People) * Writer and scholar

Both leaders influenced the Civil Rights Movement * Their debate about how to achieve equality continues today * Their different approaches show there can be multiple ways to work for change * Both made important contributions to African American advancement

Demanded immediate equal rights * Believed in higher education * Fought for: * Voting rights * Civil rights * Equal education * End to discrimination * Promoted the idea of the "Talented Tenth" - educated Black leaders who would help guide the community