During the 19th and 20th centuries, education was a controversial topic among the Black community, which created a massive split between Black activists, like Booker T. Washington and W.E.B. Du Bois. The split between Washington and Du Bois was due to their different ideas on education that Blacks should follow in order to raise their social mobility. The debate about Black education tends to focus on Washington and Du Bois, but there were many different scholarly opinions held by men and women. The issue of education among Black intellectuals shows that Blacks were not always united among the issues of Black progress in the U.S. because some Black activists saw that widespread poverty in the Black communities as obstacle to their social
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Du Bois’s advocacy of a liberal arts education because he believed that a liberal arts education taught Blacks to agitate the White race through political protest and that a liberal arts education would not alleviate Black poverty. Washington believed in accommodating the White race where Blacks should work within the restrictions of Jim Crow placed on them, accommodate the Whites without protesting, and promoted the progressive gradual economic advancement of Blacks through industrial training rather than antagonising the White race by trying to push social, political, and legislative agendas. Washington believed that a liberal arts education led Blacks to a life of agitating Whites through political protests by challenging the restriction of Jim Crow laws on Blacks, but thought that Blacks should accommodate Whites and focus on uplifting their race by following an industrial education which would provide them with economic stability and end their poverty. In addition, Washington argued that Blacks that received liberal arts educations tried to live rich lives like elite Whites, but many only received “four dollars a week and wasted their money on buggies to ride up and down Pennsylvania Avenue to convince people that they were rich, which led them into debt and poverty rather than saving and investing their money.”, which shows that Washington believed that when Blacks received a liberal arts education then they were unable to find a job …show more content…
Du Bois argued that the Talented Tenth were trained in the highest levels of society where they became ministers, teachers, physicians, and merchants that would guide and uplift the race as leaders by educating and training them, but also leading the head social movements. Jacqueline M. Moore argues that Du Bois’s vision was that Blacks would rise up with the help of the educated Talented Tenth, who would use their training and skills to help others and fight for the rights of their race, which would lead their race out of poverty and ignorance while battling discrimination. Most importantly Du Bois believed that if these teachers did not receive a higher education in liberal arts, then there would be no teachers to teach Blacks a industrial education or a liberal arts education and there would be little chance for black to improve. Du Bois believed that a liberal arts education was necessary for Blacks because it trained Blacks to become teachers who were known as the Talented Tenth, which would teach other Blacks a liberal arts education and would be leaders of great social movements that would fight for Black civil and political
Du Bois’s advocacy of a liberal arts education because he believed that a liberal arts education taught Blacks to agitate the White race through political protest and that a liberal arts education would not alleviate Black poverty. Washington believed in accommodating the White race where Blacks should work within the restrictions of Jim Crow placed on them, accommodate the Whites without protesting, and promoted the progressive gradual economic advancement of Blacks through industrial training rather than antagonising the White race by trying to push social, political, and legislative agendas. Washington believed that a liberal arts education led Blacks to a life of agitating Whites through political protests by challenging the restriction of Jim Crow laws on Blacks, but thought that Blacks should accommodate Whites and focus on uplifting their race by following an industrial education which would provide them with economic stability and end their poverty. In addition, Washington argued that Blacks that received liberal arts educations tried to live rich lives like elite Whites, but many only received “four dollars a week and wasted their money on buggies to ride up and down Pennsylvania Avenue to convince people that they were rich, which led them into debt and poverty rather than saving and investing their money.”, which shows that Washington believed that when Blacks received a liberal arts education then they were unable to find a job …show more content…
Du Bois argued that the Talented Tenth were trained in the highest levels of society where they became ministers, teachers, physicians, and merchants that would guide and uplift the race as leaders by educating and training them, but also leading the head social movements. Jacqueline M. Moore argues that Du Bois’s vision was that Blacks would rise up with the help of the educated Talented Tenth, who would use their training and skills to help others and fight for the rights of their race, which would lead their race out of poverty and ignorance while battling discrimination. Most importantly Du Bois believed that if these teachers did not receive a higher education in liberal arts, then there would be no teachers to teach Blacks a industrial education or a liberal arts education and there would be little chance for black to improve. Du Bois believed that a liberal arts education was necessary for Blacks because it trained Blacks to become teachers who were known as the Talented Tenth, which would teach other Blacks a liberal arts education and would be leaders of great social movements that would fight for Black civil and political