Question

1.) Read lines 15-30. What is Washington encouraging white Southerners to do? And why?

2.) Why might Washington have fought inequality privately instead of openly calling for an end to legal discrimination?

Answer 1

1 Mr. Washington asks that black people give up, at least for the present, three things—
2 First, political power; Second, insistence on civil rights; Third, higher education of Negro
3 youth—and concentrate all their energies on industrial education, the accumulation of
4 wealth, and the conciliation of the South. . . . What has been the return? . . .
5 1. The disfranchisement of the Negro.
6 2. The legal creation of a distinct status of civil inferiority for the Negro.
7 3. The steady withdrawal of aid from institutions for the higher training of the Negro.
8 These movements are not . . . direct results of Mr. Washington’s teachings; but his
9 propaganda has, without a shadow of doubt, helped their speedier accomplishment. Is it


Read lines 1-9. Based on this passage, what is Du Bois’s main critique of Washington’s approach to civil rights and education?

Answer 2

12 exceptional men? . . . [The] answer. . . is an emphatic No. . . .
13 So far as Mr. Washington apologizes for injustice, . . . does not value the privilege and
14 duty of voting, . . . and opposes the higher training and ambition of our brighter minds,
15 we must firmly oppose them. . . . We must strive for the rights . . . which the sons of the

Read lines 12-15. What is Du Bois saying about Washington’s emphasis on pursuing economic advancement for African Americans before pushing for political or social equality?

Answer 3

1.) How might have Du Bois’s background and experiences influenced his perspective on Washington’s philosophy?

Answer 4

What are 3 similarities between Booker T Washington and W.E.B. Du Bois and what were 3 differences between Booker T Washington and W.E.B. Du Bois.

Answer 5

1.) Write a Short Biography of Booker T washington. Explain who they were, information about their life, what they accomplished, and what they are remembered for.

Answer 6

1.) Write a Short Biography of Booker T washington. Explain who they were, information about their life, what they accomplished, and what they are remembered for. Answer in 4-5 sentences

Answer 7

Write a Short Biography of W. E. B. Du Bois. Explain who they were, information about their life, what they accomplished, and what they are remembered for. Answer in 4-5 sentences