Similarities Between W. E. B. Dubois And Booker T. Washington

Both Du Bois and Washington were profound and influential leaders of the African American community in the late 19th and 20th century. During a time of havoc for these people, they set up foundations on how the black people could rise up amidst their discriminated states. During these years African Americans were lynched, disenfranchised, and segregated from the whites who were ignorant and cruel towards them. After declaration of freedom for African Americans, it proved evident quite quickly that this was not the case. Apart from being big icons during this time period, there was much difference in opinions between W.E.B. DuBois and Booker T. Washington. Having polar beliefs on how blacks could achieve political, economic, civil, and social equality, it has been a common argument on whose viewpoint stands as the more beneficial one. Upon consideration to both intelligent and analytical reasonings towards black success in the United States, W.E.B Du Bois's words and beliefs prove to capture best the quest for “a better and truer …show more content…
The African Americans are still shackled by their masters because they know nothing of the outside world and are not allowed the simplest of civil rights such as voting and education. Even if it is there, it exists with disenfranchisement and low budgets. Washington’s plan will just allow the bullies full authority over the victims with a smile and a welcome. Before they can achieve any sort of economic or political breakthrough they should advocate for rights and help to get there from the people who held them back from it in the first place. On the contrary, DuBois wanted a full on protest of all the prejudice realities of African Americans by demanding for equality without having to prove anything to anyone just because they were a different color than the white man. In ‘The Souls of Black Folk’, Du Bois