Booker T. Washington and W.E.B Dubois are both African-American leaders/activists. Washington was born enslaved on April 5th 1856 in Virginia. Dubois was born in Barrington Massachusetts on February 23 1868. Washington went to a college in Alabama called Tuskegee University. Dubois went to a college in Massachusetts called Harvard University. They both made a big difference in the world.
While Dubois attended Harvard University , Fisk University and University of Berlin. In Harvard University where he was the first African-American to get a Ph.D. His mother was the most important women in his life , She wanted to make sure that he gets a great education. After Dubois discovered the Jim Crow Laws , then he had realized how hard it was for African-Americans to gain respect from White neighborhoods. He wanted to help African-Americans because he wanted them to feel welcome by the caucasian people instead of them feeling different or unwelcomed. …show more content…
Booker T. Washington Graduated from Tuskegee University in 1875 with high remarks. Washington was allowed to teach at his old school in Malden , Virginia. Few years passed , then General Armstrong offered Washington a job to teach at Hampton. He taught economic success to African-American & he helped them to work hard to try and obtain the respect from all white community.
If i ever had to choose who’s better between Booker T. Washington and W.E.B Dubois. I would choose Booker T. Washington because he’s done a lot when he was a child. He grown out of enslavement and he helped African-Americans gain respect from caucasian people. Even though some people saw Washington as a traitor including Dubois , Other people saw Washington as a hero who helped African-Americans and Caucasian people come
While Dubois attended Harvard University , Fisk University and University of Berlin. In Harvard University where he was the first African-American to get a Ph.D. His mother was the most important women in his life , She wanted to make sure that he gets a great education. After Dubois discovered the Jim Crow Laws , then he had realized how hard it was for African-Americans to gain respect from White neighborhoods. He wanted to help African-Americans because he wanted them to feel welcome by the caucasian people instead of them feeling different or unwelcomed. …show more content…
Booker T. Washington Graduated from Tuskegee University in 1875 with high remarks. Washington was allowed to teach at his old school in Malden , Virginia. Few years passed , then General Armstrong offered Washington a job to teach at Hampton. He taught economic success to African-American & he helped them to work hard to try and obtain the respect from all white community.
If i ever had to choose who’s better between Booker T. Washington and W.E.B Dubois. I would choose Booker T. Washington because he’s done a lot when he was a child. He grown out of enslavement and he helped African-Americans gain respect from caucasian people. Even though some people saw Washington as a traitor including Dubois , Other people saw Washington as a hero who helped African-Americans and Caucasian people come