Booker T. Washington believed that African Americans should focus on learning trades to move up gradually in society. He advocated for vocational training and self-help as a means to improve their economic status and gain respect in a racially discriminatory society. His approach emphasized gradualism and accommodation rather than direct confrontation with segregation and discrimination.
Which was the belief of Booker T. Washington? African Americans should fight to end discrimination. African Americans should focus on learning trades to move up gradually. African Americans would never be able to move up in American society. African Americans should refuse to accept segregation.
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