Civil RightsThe views of two influential black leaders during the 20th century are known as W.E.B. Dubois and Booker T. Washington. The men shared a common goal, and that was uplifting black people toward success. The ideologies they differed in were a reflection of their Early Lives, Philosophies, and Career Legacies.
Born as a slave on April 5, 1856, Washington was raised in Franklin County, Virginia. He was raised alone by his mother in a small cabin on a southern plantation. He didn’t have a formal education as a child and was forced into hard manual labor. Washington later went on to attend Hamilton Normal Agriculture Institute, and received an industrial, and agriculture education from the institution. Dubois, on the other hand was born as free man on February 23, 1868 in the northern state of Massachusetts. He received a formal education as a child, and grew up in a diverse culture. Later Dubois went on to graduate from Fisk University, and Harvard, and obtained a Liberal Arts Degree.
The distinct difference between Washington and Dubois was their Philosophies, in which they were very critical of each other. Washington’s education philosophies were instilled in him at Hamilton Institute by a formal General. It was there that he received a notion that an education
in the crafts, industrial, and farming were more important. He said that, “blacks would win the respect of whites and lead to African Americans being fully accepted as citizens and integrated in all strata of society”. Washington was popular with the southern and
northern whites, because he preached their way of life by telling blacks to just be complacent with their way of life . He felt that blacks was more useful by picking up a mop, cleaning, laboring in the field, and that would gain them their freedom. Dubois, on the other hand believed that blacks should have the same equality of life as whites. He also expressed that the only way to obtain such is to become educated in academics. Dubois stated in the “Talented Tenth that one in ten black college educated men would become leaders of their own race through education, writing books, and becoming directly involved in social change”.
Washington and Dubois biggest philosophy disagreement was black suffrage issues, in which consists of social, economics, and voting rights. Washington made his point by saying during his Atlanta Compromise Speech that black’s should, “Cast down your Buckets”. He was simply telling us that we should just stop fighting for equal rights, and settle for manual labor and discrimination. Dubois was outraged by his speech and published Souls of Black Folk by quoting. “this policy has damaged African Americans by contributing to the loss of the vote, the loss of civil status, and the loss of aid for institutions of higher education. Du Bois insists that “the right to vote,” “civic
s, we shall be more productive of the service to which the blacks of that state were entitled. Yet in spite of their failure, they have received, and will continue to receive, many benefits. They will benefit from: •a decent education, free housing, better jobs, a better housing supply, and economic development. •a good job and a family. •a good education in high school, high school graduation, and college. The best way to make life better for the black community is through: •improving schools, •educating students more, •increasing housing value for the blacks, •improving access to public services, etc. •raising the quality of education. •improving the quality of schools. •support for civil rights. I am sure, however, that this policy and its effects have a huge amount in common with what the Democrats and Republicans, as two highly polarized political groups, oppose. It would be a disservice to my political party if those in power in Washington and the State legislatures tried, as they have done over the past decade, to have an honest discussion about this issue. To make it into an election issue, however, is just to go the distance and not to do the kind of thing which makes it important. The fact that blacks voted against it makes it very difficult to achieve a solution which was consistent with their rights. It has no justification in a civil rights movement, and is therefore not acceptable. In this case, as in many places in the United Kingdom, politicians of the right wing can be found in positions which will cause them to be disinformed.
(2) The Democratic Party has a very large black majority. The Negro American Association claims their minority will be the largest in power. This assumes that they are right and that they are voting for the Democrats and Republicans. 〈The Democratic Party is committed to supporting progressive politics in their states, both right and left. While some of the most important achievements of the civil rights movement are accomplished in our communities, of the black community the Negro American Association has a powerful voice in policy issues. These are issues which are vital to Democrats because they challenge entrenched ideas and political interests. The Black Americans of the American Association have a long record in our civil rights struggle. 〈In 1864, they first started a Committee to Study Civil Rights in American Civil Rights and by 1965 endorsed the bill which gave black civil rights the status of a major issue in the country. They worked with a group of prominent Democrat leaders, working with them on a policy to raise rates for black people through the right to vote and to provide affordable and quality housing. To be eligible for the voting rights rights in our country