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First and foremost I would like to thank Mr.Booker T. Washington, for implementing institutions like vocational schools. For one, I work in a vocational technical high school, and what an incentive, kids get the knowledge of learning a trade and furthering their education academically. They have the opportunity to experience both sides of either learning a trade or furthering their education. Right after the Civil War, we have two great leaders of the black community, with different Ideas, First, we have Booker T. Washington from Franklin County, Virginia, and W.e.b DuBois from Great Barrington Massachusetts. Booker T. was from the South and DuBois was from the North and they came across different views of African Americans. While their methods may have been different, they both had a common goal at that was to uplift their black community. Booker T. was a slave, then became an educator, preacher, and philosopher during his time. DuBois was never a slave so, he grew up in a white community up north and was also an educator, sociologist, socialist, and civil rights activist.
What are Washington and Dubois's key arguments and proposed solutions? Washington's key argument was, at the Atlanta Cotton Exposition that urged blacks to adjust to segregation and abandon agitation for civil and political rights.'( pg 531 Eric Foner give me Liberty)' Booker T. also established Vocational Education '( education focused on training for a job rather than broad learning)' (pg 531, Eric Foner) ' He urged blacks to accept discrimination for the time being and concentrate on elevating themselves through hard work and material prosperity. He believed in education in the crafts, industrial and farming skills, and the cultivation of the virtues of patience, enterprise, and thrift. This, he said would win the respect of whites and lead to African Americans being fully accepted as citizens and integrated into all strata of society.' (wgbh.org). Du Bois's key argument was he 'advocated political action and a civil rights agenda and that social change could be accomplished by developing the small group of college-educated blacks he called 'the talent group' (wgbh.org). Du Bois wanted African Americans to enjoy civil rights and voting rights equal to whites in a more immediate way than what Washington called it. Du Bois advocated education for African Americans and not just work-related skills. One key argument that they both agreed on was they worked against Lynching and opposed racially motivated violence.
How do you think African Americans will achieve racial progress and uplift? I would think by now that African Americans would help themselves achieve progress by advancing in political and civil rights. I would also remove Jim Crow Laws which I think was unfair. the law enforced racial segregation in southern states to disenfranchise and remove political, and economic gains made by blacks. This law was endorsed till they went to court ' Plessy vs Ferguson' Supreme Court called 'Separate but Equal', which we know nothing was equal in the nineteenth century. My main point is when enough is enough, when will African Americans ever get their freedom and be respected for who they are? Still to this day, they have been fighting for equal rights and it's not fair, they have been fighting for years and centuries to have equal rights this needs to end and give them the freedom that they have been waiting for.
How do they differ in ideology? Booker T and Du Bois had different aspects. Booker T.'s ideology was economic independence. He wanted black people to be members of society and to step aside for civil rights. Du Bois's ideology was education and civil rights.
How might each speech appeal to different parts of the ' black community' during the time they were written given? Booker T. his speech came at the right time because the black community was free and black people were sharecropping so he figured out why African- Americans learned a trade and owned their property. Cotton was a huge product since there were no more slaves and labor was free he figured he could help the South out by learning skills and trade. Another important part of his speech was the black community could be just like the white community with farming and cotton work. Du Bois's speech focused more on education and civil rights he wanted the black community to have the freedom to vote and black people should educate themselves in liberal, equality.
Which speech is more convincing and why? To me, the speech that was more convincing at the time was Booker T. The slaves were free and they wanted to be like the white community, so this was the perfect timing for the South the black community would be United with the white community by working together in farming and exchanging ideas on how to grow crops, etc,
What are some major passages that stand out to you and why? Booker T. Washington's speech 'Cast down your bucket where you are.' This was a major passage that got my attention. It was he was telling people not to move stay where they are because it might not be that great if they leave, and make the most of any situation. In other words, the grass might not be greener on the other side.
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