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Which leader in the early 1900s supported the idea that African Americans should temporarily accept inequality while working to gain job skills and obtain economic independence?
William English Walling
W. E. B. Du Bois
Marcus Garvey
Booker T. Washington

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Booker T. Washington.

He promoted vocational training and economic self-help (e.g., Tuskegee Institute) and urged African Americans to accept segregation temporarily while building skills and wealth (the "Atlanta Compromise" approach).