The New South was a challenging time period for Southern African Americans with discriminatory regulations, frequent violent acts, and segregation. During this time period four people stood out as influential leaders in the African American community. These four leaders were Ida B Wells, Booker T Washington, Henry McNeal Turner, and William DuBois. These leaders all had four different strategies that they advocated as the way to correct the wrong doings of the New South and promote civil rights. The different strategies gave African Americans choices in how they would approach the inequalities they faced. Ida B Wells was one of the four influential speakers at the turn of the twentieth century. Wells produced the idea for African Americans
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Washington. Washington called for African Americans to help and be pleasant to their White counterparts (Washington, 41). This method was supposed to reduce the tension by producing helping hands in the South. Washington also pointed that the only way to make the southern economy flourish in this time period was for Whites and Blacks to coexist and work cohesively. Washington also campaigned for African Americans to receive an education and peruse a gradual acceptance of privileges (Washington, 43). He called on everyone in the South to work together for the sake of the Southern economy, in order for tension to be decreased because there would not be a push that is threating to the Whites in the South (Washington, 41). The approach could have lead the African Americans nowhere due to the fact of many Whites mistaking this for being content in this position. The approach almost created a way of thinking that if African Americans gave up their aggressive approaches, they would eventually have been granted rights and liberities. The approach could have also created a major gap of civil rights between African Americans and Whites for years to come due to their perceived acceptance of …show more content…
William Du Bois stood on the platform that men should exercise their right to vote at the polls to help make legislative changes, as well as receive an education (Du Bois, 50-51). He believed that in order for the citizens of the United States to contribute they need to use their education to teach life (Du Bois, 51). One belief that Du Bois shares and makes extremely clear is that he does not believe in the use of violence in order to achieve their goals. This is especially important in the New South because it shows the Whites that they will not be attacked or have a possibility of being threatened in this way. This platform gave strength to improving the situations that were provided to African Americans at that time. It called for action that would have helped many African Americans empower themselves regarding the education they could provide to their environments and fellow community members. The strategy to stand up and vote for the community African Americans wanted was hard to establish because many of the disenfranchisement laws, poll taxes, and retaliation against African
Washington. Washington called for African Americans to help and be pleasant to their White counterparts (Washington, 41). This method was supposed to reduce the tension by producing helping hands in the South. Washington also pointed that the only way to make the southern economy flourish in this time period was for Whites and Blacks to coexist and work cohesively. Washington also campaigned for African Americans to receive an education and peruse a gradual acceptance of privileges (Washington, 43). He called on everyone in the South to work together for the sake of the Southern economy, in order for tension to be decreased because there would not be a push that is threating to the Whites in the South (Washington, 41). The approach could have lead the African Americans nowhere due to the fact of many Whites mistaking this for being content in this position. The approach almost created a way of thinking that if African Americans gave up their aggressive approaches, they would eventually have been granted rights and liberities. The approach could have also created a major gap of civil rights between African Americans and Whites for years to come due to their perceived acceptance of …show more content…
William Du Bois stood on the platform that men should exercise their right to vote at the polls to help make legislative changes, as well as receive an education (Du Bois, 50-51). He believed that in order for the citizens of the United States to contribute they need to use their education to teach life (Du Bois, 51). One belief that Du Bois shares and makes extremely clear is that he does not believe in the use of violence in order to achieve their goals. This is especially important in the New South because it shows the Whites that they will not be attacked or have a possibility of being threatened in this way. This platform gave strength to improving the situations that were provided to African Americans at that time. It called for action that would have helped many African Americans empower themselves regarding the education they could provide to their environments and fellow community members. The strategy to stand up and vote for the community African Americans wanted was hard to establish because many of the disenfranchisement laws, poll taxes, and retaliation against African