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Blacks Deserve Power Too
Booker T. Washington and W.E.B Dubois were African American reformers who both strived for the education of free African Americans. Washington focused his teachings on industrial education as his former teacher Samuel Chapman Armstrong taught him that “physical work not only increased wage-earning capacity, but promoted fidelity, accuracy, honesty, persistence, and intelligence” (Franklin & Higginbotham, pg. 284). He taught his students in Tuskegee to be friendly with the white community in order to keep peace. Southerners accepted were even pleased by his teachings because “Washington was not demanding [equality]” (Franklin & Higginbotham, pg.285). On the other hand, Dubois, who was a native Northerner, was a promoter of higher education. Dubois himself received education at Harvard University and was the first African American to receive a Doctorate’s. He believed in education blacks about the “knowledge of the world that was and is” (Franklin & Higginbotham, pg. 287). If they were more educated on philosophy and subjects like history, science and math then African Americans would understand their civic inferiority and fight for equality. During the time period of Washington and Dubois, I believe that Washington’s ideology would keep Black Americans safer than Dubois. Because of the harsh segregation at the time, Africans would stay safer if they took up industrial and agricultural roles and worked their way up instead of suffering in other white-dominated roles. As time went on and it is now safe for Black Americans to work, Dubois’
ideology would benefit society. It is important for Black Americans to start careers in markets that cannot be dominated by machinery and instead work as businessmen or doctors to take care of all people. In regard to the Partition of Africa, Washington would view it as an opportunity for Africans to develop an industry where they work and make goods for the new trade system. In
contrast, Dubois would stand for civic equality between the native Africans and the new European society. The Universal Negro Improvement Association was an organization founded by Marcus Garvey to establish educational and industrial opportunities for Black Americans. One of the goals of the UNIA was the Black Star Line that would transport blacks to and from Africa. However, Garvey’s mismanagement of his purchases would leave him without enough finances to continue his organization. Because of its appeal to ordinary black people, the UNIA was able to grow and form a society. It created businesses that kept Black Americans afloat and separate from white society. Although the UNIA could not stay in business, I believe it was effective in giving Black Americans hope that they fit into society. I do not believe it reached Blacks worldwide. Garvey’s own ideas and philosophies, however, would reach the attention of Blacks to create their own independent nation (TheBlackestPanther, 2016). His main ideology was that all Black people should return to Africa where they would be free of white ruling. Both the Rosewood and Black Wall Street massacres were terror acts inflicted on non-threatening black communities. His philosophy would see that having separate black communities is not enough to
keep Black Americans safe, the only way would be back in the home country of Africa. References
Franklin, J. H., & Higginbotham, E. B. (2010). From Slavery to Freedom
. McGraw-Hill Higher Education. TheBlackestPanther. (2016, July 13). Marcus Garvey- Full Documentary. [Video]. Youtube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7g_RfSh7Uqg&t=96s
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