Washington vs. DuBois Group 4 by Course Materials

Booker T. Washington

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W.E.B. DuBois

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3) WHAT DO THEY AGREE AND DISAGREE ON?

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Even people with similar goals don't always see the same path to getting there. Post at least one point they agree on OR one point they disagree on and evidence to support it.

4) WHO IS RIGHT?

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For their time, which do you think makes a better argument about how to advanc black civil rights in this era in American history? Why? Be sure to tie your opinion to evidence.

1) PROGRESSIVE?

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Based on the definition of Progressivism explained in Lecture I and American Yawp, offer at least one piece of evidence from 21-5 "The Atlanta Exposition" that shows how Washington is or isn't part of the Progressive movement

2) PROGRESSIVE?

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Based on the definition of Progressivism explained in Lecture I and American Yawp, offer at least one piece of evidence from 21-6 "Booker T. Washington & Others"
that shows how DuBois is or isn't part of the Progressive movement

INSTRUCTIONS

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Booker T. Washington and W.E.B. DuBois were contemporary activists in the Progressive Era who were both interested in advancing the lives of black Americans.

After watching this Unit's lecture and reading Chapter 20 Sections I, II & VI, use documents 21-5 and 21-6 in Reading the American Past to add a post next to ALL FOUR items below.

Put your name in the header of each of your posts.

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Maddie Cleary

2017-09-28 03:33:44 UTC

Booker T. Washington was apart of the progressivism movement. He had his strong opinion. His theory was basically just laying back and letting it all play out. He believes to just to your job and try to make all races happy. Racial issues just need time but it will all work out in the long run. “‘Cast down your bucket where you are’- cast it down in making friends in everly manly way of the people of all races by whom we are surrounded”.

Maddie Cleary

2017-09-28 17:17:49 UTC

W. E. B. DuBois clearly did not agree with Booker T. Washington ideas. But they both wanted one thing. That was they both wanted equality between black and whites. Although they had different views on the best way to achieve equality. Washington wanted to act more peacefully unify the two races which is a more in the long term. W. E. B. DuBois on the other hand wanted to make a stand and there is no need to wait for the freedom.

Maddie Cleary

2017-09-28 17:48:53 UTC

I understand where Brook T. Washington was coming from. But I think W. E. B DuBois made a better argument. He was very straightforward and you knew exactly what he wanted he would do anything he had to do to make it happen. He didn't want to wait around for blacks to have equality.

Cooper Schmunk

2017-09-28 18:10:46 UTC

Booker T. Washington says, "ready to lay down our lives, if need be, in defence of yours, interlacing our industrial, commercial, civil, and religious life with yours in a way that shall make the interests of both races one." Based on this and other quotes it can be concluded that Washington was progressive.

Cooper Schmunk

2017-09-28 18:12:40 UTC

Although DuBois does not agree with with most of what Washington said, he was in favor of men progressing forward. He simply provided alternatives to Washington's plans. Dubois believed that all men should have the right to vote and the right to civic equality.

Maddie cleary

2017-09-28 18:12:48 UTC

W. E. B. DuBois would be considered a progressive. He campaigns and spoke his views on how blacks deserve equality and civil rights for African Americans. He stated “such men feel in conscience bound to ask of this nation three things:

The right to vote.
Civic equality
The education of youth according to ability."

Cooper Schmunk

2017-09-28 18:13:24 UTC

DuBois mainly disagreed with Washington's focus of economic gain for blacks instead of basic civil rights and education first. Washington believed that political power was most important when he said, "First, political Power".

Cooper Schmunk

2017-09-28 18:14:06 UTC

While I believe they both made some good points, Washington did a better job of speaking and understanding the black community. He did a better job of bringing people together for one common goal. He advocated for blacks all around the world.

Andrew Nurenberg

2017-09-28 22:47:58 UTC

I believe that Booker T. Washington was progressive because of the following statement:
"In all things that are purely social we can be as separate as fingers, yet one as the hand in all things essential to mutual progress."

Andrew Nurenberg

2017-09-28 22:52:33 UTC

W. E. B. Dubois was also considered apart of progressivism. DuBois fought for equal rights for all people under the law, especially African Americans during this time.
"Dubois pushed for civil rights legislation, launched legal challenges against discrimination, organized protests against injustice, and applied his capacity for clear research and a sharp prose to expose the racial sins of Progressive Era America."

Andrew Nurenberg

2017-09-28 22:58:59 UTC

While they both ultimately want each race to get along with each other, DuBois did not agree with Washington's "why can't we just all be friendly with one another" because he thought that the whites would never allow that to happen in the future. He wanted freedom for the African Americans and he wanted it now.

Andrew Nurenberg

2017-09-28 23:03:52 UTC

After reading both sections for Booker T. Washington and W. E. B. DuBois, I believe that Dubois had the better idea when it came down to racial injustice. I just admire him for not sitting around and waiting for people to just agree that all people are equal, instead, he went out and fought for equality for all.

Shelby Karpinski

2017-09-28 23:22:10 UTC

Progressivism is a movement, according to the lecture, that pushed forward the concept that humans are "not only capable but responsible" for improving the well-being of everyone . Washington displays this continuously which is why I believe he is a progressive. He begins by making the point that a third of the population in the South was made up of blacks and that "no enterprise seeking the material, civil, or moral welfare of this section (the South) can disregard this element of our population and reach the highest success." There must be a fair inclusion of everyone.

Ethan Webster

ewebster1235 — 2017-09-28 23:35:30 UTC

Washington proves to be progressive in saying "we shall prosper in proportion as we learn to draw the line between the superficial and substantial, the ornamental knick-knacks of life and and the useful. No race can prosper until it learns that there is much dignity in tilling fields as in writing a poem." Pushing for the acceptance of the importance of what the negro man does.

Ethan Webster

ewebster1235 — 2017-09-28 23:46:56 UTC

He would be conisidered progressive because of his sure desire to have an equality for the negro men on the platform of education, voting and equality in the everyday aspects of life.

Ethan Webster

ewebster1235 — 2017-09-28 23:49:18 UTC

Dubois was on the complete opposite approach of Washington yet both stove for the same big picture of negro equality. Washington doing so in a passive, slow moving way as Dubois was wanting change sooner rather than later with a more aggressive approach.

Ethan Webster

ewebster1235 — 2017-09-28 23:54:38 UTC

Dubois makes the stronger argument, equality is not something you can't sit back and wait to happen over time, it has to be demanded for something to change or else it won't end up happening like you want it to