The Philosophies of 2 Great Men ENGL2304 (UG12) 1 - Intro African and African American Literature 8:00am – 8:50am By: Darnell Varnado Booker T. Washington and Du Bois, both activists of the civil rights movement, presented suitable approaches to attaining resolutions to the discrimination that African Americans went through in the late 1800’s to the early 1900’s. Even though they were both fighting for the empowerment of blacks, they had entirely different methods to obtain that goal. Washington had a steadier tactic as opposed to Du Bois. Du Bois development involved abrupt and complete equality both politically and economically. I believe during this era, Washington overall proposes a productive and more fitting proposition.
Essay #4 Rough Draft: Booker T. Washington & WEB Du Bois Booker T. Washington and W.E.B. Du Bois are considered as the two most influential black leaders of all the black American movement history. However, they followed different ideologies concerning how black people should achieve civil rights. Booker T. Washington encouraged the need for African Americans to be able to compete skillfully on an economic basis with the white Southerners, while Du Bois wanted more than that, and exactly focused on encouraging the black Americans to fight for their civil rights rather than just acting passively, as Washington’s philosophy suggested. If a man feels oppressed, and thinks his rights are being held from him, then he should fight by all means possible to win them back, as the following analysis would debate it.
Booker T. Washington was one of the first to be promoting African American Capitalisation and the first Black Leader in Civil Rights since the decline of Fredrick Douglas. This is very important as his position and ideas would affect the position of African Americans and the future of the Civil Rights Movement. The accommodationist approach was Washington’s approach to Civil Rights which would was outline in his famous Atlanta Compromise, here he suggested a compromise socially but economic equality of opportunity believing that social equality would come later. This can be compared to the most famous speech related to Civil Rights which was the “I have a Dream” speech by Martin Luther King. This speech came much later than the Atlanta Compromise around the time of the decline of the Civil Rights Movement and thus seemed as if it represented a huge turning point for Civil Rights.
With an African-American first family, black students graduating from high school and college at increasingly high rates and more opportunities than ever before, the need for a modern day Martin or Malcolm are now President Obama, Oprah and Senator Booker from New Jersey. Modern Black Leaders shouldnt come out stating they are Black Leaders instead they should led by example, letting our youth know that education is the only way out of the ghettos, vote so your voice can be heard, stop blaming others when the law is on your side. We must also have to take into account that although we’re not struggling as much as we did before with interpersonal racism, we still have institutional racism, which is why it’s so important that we continue to have Black leaders. Our Black leadership can’t just be put on person but all on of us, we must help ourselves to help others. If we are all doing our part by educating ourselves and teaching our young then we will go farther.
A leader’s platform will either succeed or fail based upon the opinions of those who are following the leader. There are no absolute guarantees that a particular platform will provide all the correct answers and bring world peace as people might expect, but a leader must be chosen nonetheless. When discussing the social conditions that black people endured in the early 20th century in America, one has to admit there was a lot to be desired. Not too many years removed from slavery, black people were striving to make a place in American society with the hopes of being accepted by white America. As such black people struggled on many levels.
His dream was about more than racial justice, though it often represents the greatest moral stain on our society. His dream was about building a society based on simple justice that values the dignity and the worth of every human being. Were he alive today it is telling that his message would still be essentially the same. It is troubling that unemployment is so high. In 1963 the overall
He believed that cooperation with supportive whites was the only way to overcome racism in the long run. His belief was that African-Americans should "concentrate all of their energy on industrial education, and accumulation of wealth, and the conciliation of the South." Washington valued the "industrial" education, as it provided critical skills for the jobs then available to the majority of African-Americans at the time, as most lived in the South, which was overwhelmingly rural and agricultural. He thought these skills that would lay the foundation for the creation of stability that the African-American community required in order to move forward. He believed that in the long term "blacks would eventually gain full participation in society by showing themselves to be responsible, reliable American citizens."
World War II may not have been a pleasant thing to endure, but it seems to be a pivotal moment for black history and their civil rights. During World War II, African American Men fought in the army for civil rights across the globe while representing America; they had started to wonder why it was not happening at home. This sparked a huge rise in black activism in America. The status of African Americans seemed to be minor and still had a long way to go until equality was established, but improvements were being made which meant that it could lead onto bigger and more drastic improvements. The improvements being made seemed to be in favour of hopefully treating African Americans as equals.
more than any other race. They have faced segregation, racism, violence, and of course slavery. Finally seeing the progress and success of the race with one of their own being elected President for the first time in history, with reason, becomes overwhelming. But if blacks truly care about the progress of their race, they need to do what they as people have been begging others to do throughout history, and that’s look past a man’s color and into his heart or in this case, his agendas. Barack Obama may claim he loves the black community, but his agendas and causes that he is promoting say otherwise and consequently, will kill more and more blacks
The subject of racial inequality in the USA has played on the minds of many a politician throughout the ages. Whilst the constitution outlines a “colour blind” approach to the problem, that all men (and women) are born equal and should be granted equal opportunities, in reality there have been many difficulties for minority groups to forge a path for themselves which involves their full integration into society. This essay will discuss the statement that equality will never be fully achieved in America. To begin, we must look at the history of inequality, beginning with the initial foundation of America, which was built by a slave nation. Whilst the founding fathers were not claiming that all individuals are equal in their personal attributes, such as physical strength, intelligence, or artistic talent.