Booker T. Washington and W.E.B Dubois are arguably two most influential figures on the movement to achieve civil rights for black Americans. They both played large roles in trying to improve racial relations and civil rights during the late 19th and 20th centuries. Although they were both focused on enhancing the quality of black life in the United States, the fact that Washington was from the south and Dubois was from the north caused their views to differ. The “Atlanta Exposition speech” by booker T. Washington addressed the topic of racial relations in the south. “Of Mr.Booker T. Washington and others” was written by W.E.B Dubois as a critique of Washington and his views on the improvement of black life.
African Americans’ social rights were very limited partially because of the Black Codes and Jim Crow laws. These restrictions aided the system of sharecropping, maintained social hierarchy and segregation. Black Codes restrict civil rights for African Americans such as to carry a weapon, vote, getting involving in the court, marry white citizens and travel without permits. The code varied in different
Du Bois and Booker T. Washington had contrasting philosophies on how segregation, civil-rights, and political action should be regarded in the black community. In comparison, W.E.B. Du Bois and Booker T. Washington greatly cared for the Southern black community. The two civil-rights activists wanted to achieve racial equality but in their own ways. W.E.B.
During the nineteen twenties and nineteen thirties, he was the person most responsible for the changes in conditions for black people in American society. He also was responsible for changes in the way they viewed themselves. The Talented Tenth was a speech to classify and explain the role of the ‘talented ten percentile’ of the blacks in relation to their evolvement. It helps show the situation and the need for improvement. Dubois suggests that
Many groups throughout America began to use the same tactics used in the Civil Rights Movement. For example, in the 1960s, Native American, Puerto Rican, and other minority groups across America shaped themselves after the African-American youth in Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee, the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, and the Black Power Movement. These particular groups drew inspiration and began to see how their experiences were the same as African-Americans. In addition to these minority groups were inspired by African-American youth of the 1960s, the liberal white student antiwar program, were also heavily influenced by the experiences of the black freedom
08.06 Reconstruction—Reconstruction Chart Type of Change|Example of One Change Caused by the Civil War and Reconstruction|Example of One Challenge to Change| Political[->0]| Blacks in America became citizens and had the right to vote. The 13th 14th and 15th amendments | Congress passing the 15th amendment | Economic[->1]| Sharecropping instead of slave labor to produce cotton. | The Freedman’s Bureau | Social[->2]|Planter aristocracy in the South replaced by a political elite of incoming Northerners. |Towns, factories, and fields were destroyed | Answer the following questions in complete sentences. Be sure to include at least two specific details from the lesson to support your response.
The civil rights movement developed in the period after 1945 because of the advancements the Second World War and important black activists had made in civil rights as it had led to a strong improvement in the status of black people as a whole. A main reason for the development of civil rights, I feel, was the influence of black activists at this time proving change was possible. Organisations such as CORE- The Congress of Racial Equality looked at economic boycotts and methods to gain attention as well as many sit-ins organised by James Farmer. For Example an important individual in black civil rights, Adam Clayton- Powell (who was the first man a of African American descent to be elected for congress) ran the Harlem bus boycott in 1941 which in consequence led to an uptake of 200 black workers. This protests success could also have been some of the inspiration behind the Montgomery bus boycott in 1955.
After differences of opinion within the government as to how to go about rebuilding and readmitting the South were agreed upon, it was decided that the Southern states would be coerced to ratify the 13th, 14th, and 15th amendments. The 13th amendment abolished slavery, the 14th amendment extended citizenship rights to freed slaves, and the 15th amendment gave freed male slaves the right to vote. Even though slavery had been defeated, racial prejudice thrived in post war America. Democrats unleashed anti-black sentiments to rally fellow whites to assimilate under their banner. Thomas Nast’s cartoon, “This is a White Man’s Government”, satirizes the Democratic Party in 1868, depicting the Democrats as the oppressors of the black race, represented by the black Union soldier who fell while carrying the ballot box.
He thought that if he could be the most pious slave on the plantation he would be set apart from the other, more lowly, slaves. All it did was shape into a tool that the master could use. And it continues to this day. Despite the history of Christianity being used by White people to suppress and oppress Black people, many Blacks continue to practice Christianity as their faith. The passivity of Black people allowed racism to flourish.
This continued until the civil war erupted in which slavery was a reason the war was fought. The North ended up winning the war and Lincoln abolished slavery. The era of reconstruction followed , as did the 14th and 15th amendments. Theses amendments gave African Americans the right to vote and basic civil rights. You would think life would get better for African Americans with these achievements however it did anything but that.