The beliefs of W.E.B. DuBois and Marcus Garvey, as influenced by their background, had a profound effect on their life work, including the organizations they were involved with and the type of people they attracted. DuBois came from a more privileged background. His life work centered on improving the condition of African Americans, but he wanted to do this by working with liberal whites through the NAACP. His following attracted mostly upper class and intellectual blacks.
Booker T. Washington asked the white people for help not equality. Booker T. Washington believed that they would not make it anywhere in society if they focused on just equality. Booker T. Washington wanted to have blacks trained for society and real life situations, he believed that was way more important to be street smart and learn real life situation than be book smart . He wanted the African Americans to have land and vocational skill so they are able to hold on to jobs and have income and support . He wanted job education for blacks so they could learn how to do their jobs and do it properly.
Booker T. Washington and W.E.B. DuBois were advocates for the civil rights movement. They offered different strategies for dealing with the problems of poverty and discrimination that black Americans faced during the late 1800s. Their strategies were different. Washington preferred a gradual incline of black involvement and acceptance, whereas DuBois preferred immediate direct action.
Coming of Age In Mississippi In Coming of Age in Mississippi you get to experience quite a bit of Anne Moody’s life. It puts a new light on the Mississippi experience during the early to mid twentieth century. There are many different points in Anne’s life where she experiences racism and segregation. Anne Moody’s life is an amazing testimony of an African American living in Mississippi. From being raised in a family where they don’t want to speak of the unfair events to schools where if you speak of them you are fired.
Wells. She was an African American journalist and civil rights activist. Ida wanted to change the way African Americans were being treated, she also wanted to inform the people that inequality had failed. In May of 1884 Ida B. Wells was motivated to become a civil rights activist after she had bought a first-class train ticket to Nashville.
Slavery was a harsh and cruel system, and being a woman in that system was an extra burden that black women had to bear. Blacks performed egregious tasks daily, and female slaves were often expected to work on the plantation and proceed to cook, clean, and raise children. Additionally, with the system of slavery came the separation of families, and black women regularly had to raise children by themselves (Brinkley 261).The racist institution of slavery, however, existed largely to dehumanize slaves and normalize the idea that black slaves were property. As a result, female slaves were often vulnerable to unwanted sexual attention and abuse (Brinkley 264). As property, they were powerless to stop their master’s lewd advances, and would be punished brutally for resisting.
Her autobiography Coming of Age in Mississippi is acclaimed for its realistic portrayal of life for a young African American before and during the Civil Rights Movement of the 1960s. In the memoir, Moody gradually developed a position of leadership. Though she faced male dominance and terror from white supremacists during her days in the struggle, Anne refused the idea of being sheltered and worked as hard as any man did for independence. She fought for the freedom of her race demonstrating that liberation was as important to black women as it was to black men. She made herself known as an activist and stood out as a woman who had her own significant voice.
Wells. She was an African American journalist and civil rights activist. Ida wanted to change the way African Americans were being treated, she also wanted to inform the people that inequality had failed. In May of 1884 Ida B. Wells was motivated to become a civil rights activist after she had bought a first-class train ticket to Nashville.
In the novel Coming of Age In Mississippi, the character Anne Moody hears the song “We Shall Overcome”, and contemplates the genuine possibility of transforming American Society from a truly segregated country into a more united one. Through out the book Moody hopes, that in the future, African American people will be treated with the same and equal rights as the Whites. The story brings to light the problems of America’s society and the desire African Americans’ shared to overcome the hardship of racism and gain over all quality. However, its clearly demonstrated in the book that racism won’t entirely stop; even with legal changes throughout the country. Racism is more than a legal issue; it goes down to the moral roots of society.
The followers argued for for black self-determination and the protection of their values and culture. I believe that the unequal treatment of African Americans wan unjust and unconstitutional. I believe that the government should have taken action to help ensure equal rights to