The Difference Between W.E.B DuBois And Booker T. Washington's Philosophies

Part I of Essay
DuBois and Washington's philosophy's differed in many ways. Washington felt that Negroes must learn to do useful and practical things. While DuBois believed in higher education of a "Talented Tenth" who through their knowledge of modern culture could guide the American N ....

Part II of Essay
.... the most notably W.E.B. DuBois, resented Washington's message of political accommodation in favor of economic progress and distrusted his reliance on wealthy white Northerners for assistance. Leaders such as DuBois resented Washington's willingness to use his political and economic influence in controlling ways that led them to refer to the "Tuskegee Machine". W.E.B. DuBois died on August 27,1963 on the eve of the march on Washington. DuBois died in Accra, Ghana. His role as a pioneering Pan-Africanist was memorialized by the few who understoo ....