Booker T. Washington and W.E.B. Du Bois both aimed to improve the lives of African Americans but had different strategies; Washington believed in vocational education and economic self-sufficiency, while Du Bois fought for civil rights and higher education to strengthen the community. Although both leaders sought progress, Du Bois's approach of advocating for civil rights and higher education may have had a more lasting impact on the fight for equality.
How are the responses of Booker T. Washington and W.E.B. Du Bois to discrimination and goals for improvement similar/offerent? Which leader's approach was more effective? Write a two sentence claim statement for the following in a 6th grader’s response regarding 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.
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