Name_________________________
Document A – Booker T Washington
‘Atlanta Compromise’ Speech
Background:
1) Status?
2) Education?
3) Year?
How does Booker T. Washington
describe black people?
According to Washington, what
should blacks do to improve their
relationships with Southern whites?
Where should blacks begin their
lives? Why do you believe
Washington says this?
What should Southern whites do to
help blacks?
Document B – W.E.B. DuBois
The Souls of Black Folk
Background:
1) Status?
2) Education?
3) Year?
What does DuBois think of Booker
T. Washington?
What are the 3 actions DuBois
wants blacks to fight for?
What has happened to blacks under
Booker T. Washington’s policies?
Who is responsible for improving
the problems impacting blacks?