One view pint from Booker T Washington was that African Americans should achieve equality by economic advancement. As shown in document 1 according to Booker T Washington African achieve equality by starting at the bottom and worked up and that earned the respect of whites . Washington wanted the good to show in all of black people. He believed that the blacks should work for themselves. Booker T. Washington asked the white people for help not equality.
He gave the speech "I Have a Dream" in 1963 on the "March to Washington" after which he established himself as one of the greatest orators in the history of America. He wrote this speech in order to inspire and convince the people of America that each and every American no matter what the color of their skin is or from where they belong, each and every one of them should be treated equally, with justice and equality. He wanted to stop the injustice that was taking place in each and every street of America and he wanted to inspire the African American people to start a non-violent protest against this wrong doing. For this speech, his target audience were all the American's present on that day in Washington and all the people of the country. His final purpose of the speech was to attain freedom for his fellow African American citizens who were being treated unfairly during that period in the country.
He felt that they could not be properly represented any other way. He even went as far as asking to get rid of white minority rule in numerous African countries. Marcus Garvey was the pioneer of the back-to-Africa movement. He was considered very militant by the American government because of his approach. Garvey began his fight against the struggle in 1914 when he started the Universal Negro Improvement Association (UNIA).
Thurgood, Kenneth, and other lawyers and social scientists made history for the United States by fighting for the rights of African Americans. I think that all of these people were willing to fight against segregation because in the United States, everyone is stated to be created equally, but people weren’t treating African Americans as equal human beings. I see President Obama as a leader because he believes in human rights, and he believes everyone should be treated fairly and equally. What were the main claims made by parents in the lawsuit against the Topeka school board? What evidence did the lawyers present to support the case against segregation in schools?
The ruling further paved the way for numerous state laws throughout the country making segregation which resulted in making discrimination legal in almost all parts of daily life. The emergence of two prominent leaders from the oppression movement, Booker T. Washington and W.E.B Dubois improved the likelihood of black success. As a former slave and graduate of the Hampton Institute, Washington’s goal to teach southern African Americans skilled labor, economic self-help, hard work, and moderation attained substantial success. Thus, he opened Tuskegee University for this purpose. Washington clearly aimed to cement the integration and cooperation of races while also promoting economical and educational advancement on the national level.
Washington believed that industrial education would be more effective. When debating the possible solutions to uplift the black race, Washington suggested his viewpoints, Du Bois suggested his viewpoints, and the opposing viewpoints were disputed. Much like today, their philosophies are well discussed on how to end class and racial injustice. Washington was born in slavery in Franklin County, Virginia. He became an influential black leader during the late 1800’s to the early 1900’s.
Craniologists, eugenicists, phrenologists, and Social Darwinists, at every educational level, buttressed the belief that blacks were innately intellectually and culturally inferior to whites. Pro-segregation politicians gave eloquent speeches on the great danger of integration: the mongrelization of the white race. Newspaper and magazine writers routinely referred to blacks as niggers, coons, and darkies; and worse, their articles reinforced anti-black stereotypes” (Pilgrim). The system of Jim Crow was reinforced with racial viewpoints and stereotypes: “whites were superior to blacks in all important ways, including but not limited to intelligence, morality, and civilized behavior; sexual relations between blacks and whites would produce a mongrel race which would destroy America; treating blacks as equals would encourage interracial sexual unions; any activity which suggested social equality encouraged interracial sexual relations; if necessary, violence must be used to keep blacks at the bottom of the racial hierarchy” (Pilgrim). “The Jim Crow laws and system of etiquette were
Presidents such as John F. Kennedy and Lyndon B. Johnston helped use their executive powers to help civil rights in America. JFK helped pass laws that gave blacks equality to vote and get a good education. He passed the CEEO, which gave all Americans an equal opportunity to get a good job in America. Lyndon also passed laws to help the Civil Rights movement. He passed the Civil Rights Act of 1964, which ended segregation in public places.
The definition of Civil rights is, “The rights of citizens to political and social freedom and equality.” Many blacks fought for freedom from slavery and then fought for equality and an end to segregation. A large number of politicians and educators, white and black, fought and risked their lives to get rights and equality for blacks. African Americans were treated very badly, and had to suffer through segregation, racism, and violence. Booker T. Washington was one of the most influential black educators who fought for equality. Booker Taliaferro Washington was born on April 5, 1856.
He beautifully told that it is the duty of the government to uproot the racial discrimination between the blacks and whites. In his iconic speech he urged America to fulfill the promises of democracy- those of provision of equal rights