American core values and beliefs have always included equality in the workforce and hard work to obtain success. Unfortunately African Americans did not receive the same civil rights as the American white man. W.E.B. Dubois captures this in his work “Of Mr. Booker T. Washington and Others”. By discussing how America can revolutionize the civil rights issues for African Americans.
During the time of the writing Of Mr. Booker T. Washington and others by W.E.B. Dubois, our society treated African Americans unequal. Dubois wanted equally for all, he felt African Americans deserved the same civil rights as whites. He explains this in his story Of Mr. Washington T. Booker and others and the importance of why African Americans should be equal in the workforce. …show more content…
Washington, a man who was a slave himself is considered one of the most influential black leaders and educators of all time. Washington knew that because of his racial status no one would help him become an educator; therefore, the only one who could achieve this was himself. Washington took his motivation and became the founder of Tuskegee Institute, a vocational school for African Americans that came there unskilled. African Americans were not ready for this time of industrialization, however, Booker T. Washington made it possible for freed slaves to learn trades and make a way of life for themselves. Washington had a task on his hands, how would he convince the whites that this institute would be beneficial. He had to promise the protestant work ethic. “To gain the sympathy and cooperation of the various elements comprising the White South was Mr. Washington’s first task; and this, at the time Tuskegee was founded, seemed, for a black man, well-nigh impossible (Dubois
During the time of the writing Of Mr. Booker T. Washington and others by W.E.B. Dubois, our society treated African Americans unequal. Dubois wanted equally for all, he felt African Americans deserved the same civil rights as whites. He explains this in his story Of Mr. Washington T. Booker and others and the importance of why African Americans should be equal in the workforce. …show more content…
Washington, a man who was a slave himself is considered one of the most influential black leaders and educators of all time. Washington knew that because of his racial status no one would help him become an educator; therefore, the only one who could achieve this was himself. Washington took his motivation and became the founder of Tuskegee Institute, a vocational school for African Americans that came there unskilled. African Americans were not ready for this time of industrialization, however, Booker T. Washington made it possible for freed slaves to learn trades and make a way of life for themselves. Washington had a task on his hands, how would he convince the whites that this institute would be beneficial. He had to promise the protestant work ethic. “To gain the sympathy and cooperation of the various elements comprising the White South was Mr. Washington’s first task; and this, at the time Tuskegee was founded, seemed, for a black man, well-nigh impossible (Dubois