When referring to the philosophies of both Booker T. Washington and W.E.B. DuBois one can tell they disagreed on strategies for blacks social and economic progression in America.
Born as a slave in a Franklin County, Virginia log cabin in 1856, Washington was the most prominent black leader from 1895-1915. He was founder and principle of Tuskegee Institute in Alabama after he graduated from Hampton Normal School. Some believe that Washington was of mixed race and did not feel much pride in his ancestry. He taught newly freed African Americans to be things such as teachers, craftsmen, and business men and make their own way in the world. Washington was the first Black to ever address such a large group of southern whites when he
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