Equality through
vocational training
He accepted social
separation
African Americans could
advance faster through
hard work
Rather than by
demanding rights
Believed in full:
Political, civil and social
rights for African Americans
Speak out! against
discrimination
Become college educated
“Talented Tenth”
Founder of the NAACP
National Association for the Advancement of Colored
Civil Rights leader and President
of Tuskegee Institute
Believed:
Economic independence was the only way
to achieve social and political equality
Forget social equality instead learn
a
skill, become self-sufficient, buy a home
Then equality will come
work within the limitations of “separate but
equal”
The International Exposition in Atlanta,
1895-gave his famous speech…
Atlanta Compromise
Speech
Focus on learning skills
Gain economic strength
Have to earn respect and
the right to demand
equality
Work your way up in
society
Blacks and whites need to
work together to
achieve racial equality
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Fought for civil rights
Demanded equality (14th
amend)
Knowledge and truth not
enough
Need ACTION
Education for 10 percent
“talented tenth” of African
American population
Did not agree with Booker T.
Washington
DuBois thought
Washington was making
social, political and
economic decisions that
affected all blacks
He disagreed with the
idea that blacks who
became economically
successful and waited
long enough would see
race relations improve
W.E.B. DuBois
“If
one just
works hard, he
can achieve
many things”
Washington
“We must speak
out against
unfair
treatment in
this society”
DuBois
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How would you feel if you
were not allowed to go to
the same school as other
children in your
community?
Compare and Contrast
Washington and DuBois
Use pages: 270-271
Booker T. Washington
W. E. B. DuBois
How they
were alike
 Lugenia
Friend of Dubois
Fought for social equality
Civil leader
Leading educator
First black president of
Morehouse College
NAACP
YMCA
Burns Hope
“social reformer”
Civic leader
Neighborhood Union:
Gave neighborhood
vocational classes for
children
Health center
Clubs for boys and girls
Provided financial aid
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An African American barber and
entrepreneur, he was founder and
president of the Atlanta Life
Insurance Company, one of the most
successful black-owned insurance
businesses in the nation.
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At the time of his death in 1927, he
was also Atlanta's wealthiest black
citizen,
1. Which African American leader believed that a
“Talented Tenth” of the African American
population could serve as leaders for all other
African Americans?
A. Frederick Douglass
B. W.E.B. DuBois
C. John Hope
D. Booker T. Washington
2. What organization was founded by
Lugenia Burns Hope?
A. NAACP
B. Girl Scouts
C. Neighborhood Union
D. Y.W.C.A.
3. What business made Alonzo Herndon a
successful businessman?
A. Coca-cola
B. Atlanta Mutual Insurance Company
C. Georgia Pacific
D. Western and Atlantic Railroad
4. What racial issue did Booker T.
Washington support?
A. economic equality
B. political equality
C. religious equality
D. social equality
What racial issue, opposed by Booker T.
Washington, did W.E.B.DuBois support?
A. economic equality
B. political equality
C. religious equality
D. social equality
Your task:
Create an acoustic poem with one of the following
African American leaders, using their full name
Your poem MUST include information from your
notes or the textbook
Booker T. Washington
W.E.B. DuBois
John Hope
Lugenia Burns Hope
Alonzo Herndon