The Superheroes Of Rights Discrimination - Noun - the unjust or prejudicial treatment of different categories of people or things, especially on the grounds of race, age, or sex. Discrimination has existed for a long time and will probably continue to exist into the future. Many people have spoken out against discrimination and almost everyone thinks that it's wrong. Two important people who spoke out against discrimination were Booker T. Washington and W. E. B. DuBois. These men both lived during the time of the industrial revolution, and had very different views on how to achieve equality between African-Americans and white people. These people had very different views and neither of their strategies seem to have been successful over time, and in this paper their ideas will be compared and contrasted.
First information on Booker T. Washington who will be referred to as Booker. Booker was born a slave on April 5, 1856. He was born into slavery and was likely freed by the civil war. He put himself through school, and became a teacher. He wanted people of color to have …show more content…
E. B. DuBois who will be referred to as DuBois. DuBois was born on February 23, 1868. Then in 1895 he became the first African-American to earn a PhD at Harvard. He also believed that African-Americans should have equal rights in the U.S.A. He believed that equality should be fought for now. He believed in what would hopefully have been peaceful protest that would lead to equality. He had 3 main points that he wanted to push. He wanted African-Americans to be able to vote, he wanted to abolish all discrimination based upon color, and he wanted African-American boys to be educated as well as white boys. An important thing to note is that he is talking specifically about men not all African-American people. DuBois favored an aggressive approach that would secure the rights that he desired quickly. Now the question is how were Booker and DuBois similar and how were they
First information on Booker T. Washington who will be referred to as Booker. Booker was born a slave on April 5, 1856. He was born into slavery and was likely freed by the civil war. He put himself through school, and became a teacher. He wanted people of color to have …show more content…
E. B. DuBois who will be referred to as DuBois. DuBois was born on February 23, 1868. Then in 1895 he became the first African-American to earn a PhD at Harvard. He also believed that African-Americans should have equal rights in the U.S.A. He believed that equality should be fought for now. He believed in what would hopefully have been peaceful protest that would lead to equality. He had 3 main points that he wanted to push. He wanted African-Americans to be able to vote, he wanted to abolish all discrimination based upon color, and he wanted African-American boys to be educated as well as white boys. An important thing to note is that he is talking specifically about men not all African-American people. DuBois favored an aggressive approach that would secure the rights that he desired quickly. Now the question is how were Booker and DuBois similar and how were they