Use the editorial cartoon to answer the question.

Question

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Which of the following African American leaders would have been MOST reluctant to challenge the conditions exposed in the image?

A.
Booker T. Washington

B.
Ida B. Wells

C.
Frederick Douglass

D.
W.E.B. Du Bois

Answer 1

A. Booker T. Washington would have been the MOST reluctant to challenge the conditions exposed in the image. Washington believed that African Americans should focus on vocational education, economic progress, and self-help, rather than directly challenging white supremacy and discrimination. He advocated for a gradual improvement of African Americans' conditions and believed in the concept of accommodation, which meant accepting discrimination in the short term in hopes of achieving equality in the long term.