Differences Between Washington And Dubois

Booker T. Washington (1856-1915) and William Edward Burghardt Du Bois (1868-1963) were two of the most prominent leaders of African American Political movement of their times. Washington as well as Du Bois recognized that blacks were facing racial prejudices and economic, political, and cultural issues. Both leaders were trying to advance African American rights at a time where discrimination and racism against African American was at its highest. Washington and DuBois both accomplished great things in their fight to achieve freedom and improvement of African Americans. Even though, both leaders were trying to achieve the same goals, they sharply disagree in the method to achieve greater success for African American. In this paper I will first discuss the lives of Washington and DuBois. Then, I will discuss one of their most important work. Finally, I will discuss some of the major differences between Washington and Du Bois ideologies. Booker T. Washington was born April 5, 1856 on a plantation …show more content…
Du Bois said that African Americans are always “looking at one’s self through the eyes of others, of measuring one’s soul by the tape of a world that looks on in amused contempt and pity.” Du Bois is basically calling the attention of blacks to become aware that they are living a double life, one as an American, and the other as an African. He is condemning the fact that blacks are looking at their self through the perspective of white. They should be looking at their self through their history as black. The “double-consciousness idea served three main purposes; first it is the idea of white stereotype over Blacks. Second, the idea of being a citizen of the United States, yet not being treated like one. And third, is the fact that Blacks are both African and