Thesis statement: The two great leaders in the black community debating about the issues that face the Negro race and Du Bois gave a compelling argument by using pathos, logos and ethos to create an essay that will appear to all readers. Outline: This essay will showcase the contradicting philosophies between W.E.B Du Bois and Booker T. Washington. Also, paying close attention to the different types of leadership between the two historic leaders in the black community. Both W.E.B Du Bois and Booker T. Washington contributed to and helped shape the future of African Americans. Dr. W.E.B Du Bois uses this essay to sway the audience of the insufficiency of the statements that Mr. Booker T. Washington has made about African Americans being submissive of rights and the creation of wealth. Mr. Washington believes that the black race should give up and give into what the society norms were at that time sequentially just to have a certain right. Dr. Du Bois refused to believe that the black race should give up one right to get another right. Especially, when the white South had all rights without expecting to give up anything to have those rights. Some of the examples that he uses are direct quotes from Mr. Washington. These quotes as well as other trustworthy facts helped his essay immensely. Trustworthy sources are important to the ethos style of writing, which appeals to ethics. Ethos allows the character of the author to persuade others judgements. When the writer uses solid
Booker T. Washington and W.E.B. DuBois were two influential leaders in the late 19th and 20th century America. Despite many similarities in background, Dubois and Washington had conflicting viewpoints of the economic and social successes of African Americans. Their opposing philosophies can be found through study and discussion of their literary works. A notable disagreement can be found in Washington’s “Atlanta Compromise” speech and DuBois’s excerpt, Critique of Booker T. Washington, from his publication The Souls of Black Folk.
Booker T. Washington and William Edward Burghardt DuBois were radical men for their time. Each advocated for blacks in their own ways making sure the welfare of blacks was a concern. Booker T. Washington believed that educating blacks would lead to them garnering respect. William Edward Burghardt DuBois, on the other hand, felt blacks decided their own fates. He believed that whites could not dictate how they live.
Booker T. Washington and W.E.B. Du Bois both wanted equality, even if that meant getting it at a different rate of time or different way. They were similar because they both had strategies for blacks to live their lives without fearing whites, as well as plans to gain equality. Furthermore the other ways both shared similar traits and ideas is they both established a group/system for blacks. W.E.B. Du Bois being the NAACP and Booker T. Washington's being the National Negro Business League. “Associate yourself with people of good quality, for it is better to be alone than in bad company”, This memorable quote from Washington shows how both him and Du Bois both relate in which they are both considered outcasts by being black and wanting black rights.
Both Booker T, Washington and W.E.B Dubois had philosophies and beliefs that changed black culture. Booker T. Washington, an educator, writer and founder of now Tuskegee University had a very interesting belief. According to PBS (n.d), he supported a philosophy of self-improvement, racial solidarity and accommodation. Booker T. Washington took a different approach to racism by saying and encouraging others to accept it for that time and focus on the improvement of themselves and the race by working harder and also by having more things. He also believed in education but for crafting, farming skills and industrial skills.
1.Compare how Booker T. Washington and W. E. B. Du Bois were raised. What kind of education did they have? Did these things affect their view of the world and if so, how? Booker T. Washington was born into slavery, yet had an other educational ways where he adapted in diverse stages through his childhood. He encountered various forms of early education during the time spent adolescence.
Booker T believed in being passive, and not being vocal about the change you wanted where as W.E.B believed it was time to stand up, and fight for they deserved. W.E.B shows this in his book The Souls of Black Folk where he states “Mr.Washington’s programme practically accepts the alleged inferiority of the Negro races…. Mr.Washington distinctly asks that black people give up, at least for the present, three things,-- First, Political Power, Second, Insistence on civil rights, Third, higher education of Negro youth,” (W.E.B DuBois 3-6). This shows that though they wanted the same thing W.E.B believed that the way that Booker T wanted the African Americans to get equality meant that the African Americans were giving up their rights as citizens. With this philosophy that they were losing rights W.E.B led nonviolent protests, and he joined the NAACP.
W.E.B Du Bois and Booker T Washington were both major historical african american leaders. During their time period african americans needed somebody to lead them as a race. Someone that was willing to make sacrifices for the sake of a nation. Du Bois and Washington both were the leaders african americans needed but there was a dilma. Washington and Du Bois both had the same goal but they had their different ways of going about it.
And W.E.B Du Bois is recognized for several historical books and the amount of details in them. Some books of his include, The Souls of Black Folks, The Crisis, and Black Reconstruction. Booker T. Washington and W.E.B Du Bois were both very different. Booker T. Washington was an African American Educator who changed the world of education in the 1800s and in particular changed education for African Americans in the United States especially because at the time African American Children did not get good education. Blacks were inferior to the whites at this time.
Katherine Suarez History since 1865 February, 15 2016 “The great debate” The messages of Booker T. Washington and W. E. B. DuBois are completely filled with diversity. In this debate we can see two extraordinary men with a different philosophical rivalry between both, fighting for the same purpose; to have the best strategy for African Americans to attain equality. After the Civil War, African Americans were faced with a tremendous discrimination and suffering.
Both Booker T. Washington and W.E.B. Du Bois have difference approach on the problem of discrimination of the black people by the white people. Booker T. Washington focused on the agricultural and industrial education, he believes that an economic acceptance would lead to political and social acceptance. Those black men and women who had attended the Institutions such as Tuskegee and Hampton would be recognized. He told the black people should Welcome menial labour as a first step in the struggle for progress. Black people need not protest, they should struggle steadily rather than make defiant demands.
As a distinguished scholar, and a victim of racism, Du bois uses his experiences to reflect how society is structured based on race. In opposition to Booker T. Washington he shows that black are being oppressed to the point where movement through the class structure is hard, if not impossible. Du bois throughout the text shows the problems with the society of blacks and how to “solve them”. A major thought Du bois conveyed was that blacks are oppressed to such a high degree that getting an education is almost like unnecessary if not useless. Du bois says that the system is backwards and at the end of these four decades’ black men are taught that even through the accumulation of education they are little more profitable than a blue-colored worker
Achieving African American Equality Booker T. Washington and W.E.B Du Bois were two of the most influential advocates for African American equality during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries (Blatty, 1). Although both men ultimately had the same goal, their methods for achieving African American equality were remarkably different. To begin, the men had conflicting ideas about what constituted as African American equality. Booker T. Washington argued that the accumulation of wealth and the ability to prove that Blacks were productive members of society would be the mark of true equality for African Americans (Painter, 155).
Du Bois believes that Washington exhibits an old attitude of submission. Whereas Washington sees starting from the bottom as necessary and beneficial Du Bois sees it as submissive and harmful towards the progression of equality. Both Du Bois and Washington believed that their viewpoint was going to lead to more equal treatment and overall improved quality of life for African Americans. Both Booker T. Washington and W.E.B. Du Bois had ideas on how to improve African American lives, Washington believed in starting at the bottom and working up whereas Du Bois had an opposing viewpoint he saw starting from the bottom as submissive and believed African Americans should hold important jobs in
In the analysis of the abundance of wonderful leaders who made a difference in the African American community since emancipation, W.E.B Du Bois made a special impact to advance the world. From founding the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, to his influential book The Souls of Black Folk, he always found an accurate yet abstract way of verbalizing the strives of African Americans as well as making platforms for them to be known. Although he had less power than most of the bigger named African American leaders of his time, W.E.B Dubois’ overweighing strengths verses weaknesses, accurate and creative analogies, leadership style, and the successful foundations he stood for demonstrates his ability to be both realistic and accurate in his assessment since emancipation. Though Du Bois did have a beneficial impact
Booker T. Washington, Marcus Garvey, and W. E. B. DuBois were a few of the most prominent African-American leaders of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. All three of these prominent men urged radically different strategies for the uplifting of their race. Their different methods each gained widespread attention and popularity, causing both praise and criticism. This paper will argue that the ideas of W. E. B. DuBois and Marcus Garvey combined, would have been the most beneficial if implemented at that time because of their goals to obtain equal rights across every aspect of life and to celebrate their culture and home country as well as addressing both the practical and social sides of the issue.