Washington : Black Voice of America
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Washington :
Black voice of America
Black Education major contributor
Admits that the black made the mistake of going for Political standing instead of making solid ground in “starting a dairy farm or truck garden.” (P.3)
Believed blacks should cultivate relationships with their white neighbors, as well as submerge themselves into labor professions, Blacks were given the chance of commercial success only in the south. (P.5)
Believed that in order for the blacks to succeed they must realize they have to put “brains and skill into the common occupations of life.” Which means that he believes they should till fields in order to be the backbone of America. (P.6)
Believed the whites should not hire foreigners instead blacks because they have proven themselves to be loyal and humble in their work for them. (P.7/P.8)
Also believed that the privileges of law should be given to them but they have to be “prepared to exercise these privileges.” (P.10)
Du Bois :
First black person to get a doctorate from Harvard
Believed that Washington didn’t try to advance civil and political rights
Believed Washington’s view of submission and only thinking of industrial and economic advancement led to the idea of inferiority, mostly because they didn’t have suffrage, aswell as depreciated higher learning institutions for blacks.
Highly believed in needing the right to vote, civic equality, education of youth. Thought of this as highest priority of nation before anything else. Unlike Washington who believed in economic advancement before these.
Believed Washington was too lenient on the south’s views of the black and this degraded black people.
Believed Washington’s leniency led to the nation sitting back and putting the issue on blacks when things went wrong when in reality it was the nations.
Uses words of our founding fathers “all men are created equal; that they are endowed by their creator with certain unalienable rights; that among these are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.
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