Perhaps the greatest difference between Washington’s and Du Bois’s philosophies was their views on how to fight segregation and achieve equality.

Question

Booker T. Washington W.E.B. Du Bois
Washington practiced the politics of accommodation, or compromise, that played down the importance of pursuing civil rights and social equality among the races in favor of economic and educational advances for African Americans. Throughout most of his career, his public statements were cautious, conservative, and designed not to cause open conflict with the whites who held political power. His program stressed patience, as he believed that civil rights would eventually come without provocation. Despite his public pronouncements, Washington had an elaborate “secret life” that found him fighting for civil rights privately by financing court cases, using his political clout to influence national leaders, and even helping Du Bois on several civil rights matters behind the scenes.



While Washington was a practical political boss willing to accommodate the realities of racism in the South, Du Bois emphasized the importance of vigorous protest against racial injustice. The Niagara Movement, which Du Bois founded in 1905, and the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) both used public protest as a means of redressing grievances. While at the NAACP, Du Bois served as editor of its magazine, The Crisis. He worked hard to bring attention to the widespread practice of lynching that had been used to terrorize Black men and women since Emancipation. He eventually resigned his position at the NAACP board after he changed his stance on segregation and began to see it as an acceptable arrangement between the races.



Question 8
After reading about their thoughts on Politics, match each statement to the person that would agree with it the most.(4 points)
Booker T. Washington W.E.B. Du Bois
Worked hard to spread awareness about racial violence like lynching.

Believed that economic and educational advances were more important than trying to get more civil rights at the time.

Believed public protest against racial injustice was very important.

Publicly stated that social equality would come in time as long as African Americans were patient and did not cause conflict.

Answer 1

Here are the statements matched to the person that would agree with them the most:

1. Worked hard to spread awareness about racial violence like lynching.
   W.E.B. Du Bois

2. Believed that economic and educational advances were more important than trying to get more civil rights at the time.
   Booker T. Washington

3. Believed public protest against racial injustice was very important.
   W.E.B. Du Bois

4. Publicly stated that social equality would come in time as long as African Americans were patient and did not cause conflict.
   Booker T. Washington