The readings for this week was dominant and gave many messages for African Americans. I enjoyed Booker T. Washington straightforwardness about his life and the struggles he endured to receive an education which was his fundamental right as a citizen. He had a thirst for knowledge that no amount of fear could stop. He empowered his people to be the best at whatever they chose but stressed education. Washington suggested to his people that the best way to ensure progress and peace in the South were for the Euro-Americans to respect their desire for better economic opportunities. He also said that African Americans should accept the fact that Euro-Americans wanted social separation of races (Gates and Smith, 2014). I guess he was asking for
