Booker T. Washington, W.EB. Du Bois and Marcus Garvery are three of the most well known black American activists who believed that there was a chnace for the success and advancement of the black population in the United States. Eventough all three of these men belived in the future of the black American population, each of them possessed a different idea of what this future was going to be. Washington was the least aggressive and he believed in the eventual intergration of the black population into the white community wheras Du Bois believed in a future of full equality regardless of race. Vastly opposing both of the above, Garvery believed in a future of complete seperation between the black and white population in the US. The difference between
…show more content…
Du Bois believed in the idea of equality between races, with no race standing in a heirachial position. He strongly believed that the black American population deserved to have exactly the same rights as the white community. This is clearly emphasised through his words ‘we will not be satisfied to take on jot or tittle less than our full manhood rights.’ Du Bois based his campaign and beliefs on the idea that the black American population would not stop their ‘persistent, unceasing agitation’ until every single american had the right to vote. He believed that when the black American was granted the right to vote, the problems of inequality in all facets of society would be depleated. Unlike Washington, Du Bois believed in the importance of education and believed that education would lead to a more functioning and powerful black community. Although Washington and Du Bois both believe in the intergration of black and white, Du Bois believes that the success of this integration would be achieved through education and the full provison of suffrage to the entire American population. This, in the eyes of Du Bois would have lead to a future where black Americans would have a voice within society and they would be willing to stand up for what they believed
Du Bois believed in the idea of equality between races, with no race standing in a heirachial position. He strongly believed that the black American population deserved to have exactly the same rights as the white community. This is clearly emphasised through his words ‘we will not be satisfied to take on jot or tittle less than our full manhood rights.’ Du Bois based his campaign and beliefs on the idea that the black American population would not stop their ‘persistent, unceasing agitation’ until every single american had the right to vote. He believed that when the black American was granted the right to vote, the problems of inequality in all facets of society would be depleated. Unlike Washington, Du Bois believed in the importance of education and believed that education would lead to a more functioning and powerful black community. Although Washington and Du Bois both believe in the intergration of black and white, Du Bois believes that the success of this integration would be achieved through education and the full provison of suffrage to the entire American population. This, in the eyes of Du Bois would have lead to a future where black Americans would have a voice within society and they would be willing to stand up for what they believed