Write a two sentence claim statement for the following in a 6th grader’s response

Question

Booker T. Washington, born into slavery and later freed, championed vocational education as the means for African Americans to achieve economic independence. W.E.B. Du Bois, a Harvard-educated intellectual born after the Civil War, advocated for civil rights and higher education to empower the African American community.

Answer 1

Booker T. Washington believed that gaining job skills and vocational education was the best way for African Americans to become financially independent after slavery. In contrast, W.E.B. Du Bois argued that civil rights and higher education were essential for empowering the African American community and fighting for equality.