African-American Leadership in the Early 1900s April 13, 2011 Objectives: 1. TSW compare and contrast the viewpoints of two early Civil Rights leaders.

African-American Leadershipin the Early 1900s

April 13, 2011

Objectives:1. TSW compare and contrast the viewpoints of two early Civil Rights leaders.2. TSW debate the viewpoints of Booker T. Washington & W.E.B. DuBois.

Black Leadership in the early 1900s – 2 Views

Accomodationists Booker T. Washington

Rising Expectations W.E.B. Du Bois & Ida B. Wells-

Barnett

Booker T. Washington and

W.E.B. DuBois

Booker T. Washington Lived 1856-1915

Born a slave in Virginia Educated at Hampton

University Founder of Tuskegee

University

Tuskegee University – Early 1900s

A Few classes at Tuskegee in the Early Years: History (above), Blacksmithing (top right), & Mattress making (bottom right)

Booker T. Washington Views given in “The Atlanta

Compromise” in 1895

Blacks should not blame whites for their situation

Blacks should start from the bottom, work their way and “be patient”

Work for economic opportunity

Opposed agitating for black rights because it would cause setbacks

Booker T. Washington Wanted programs for job

training and vocational skills for black Americans

Ask whites to give job opportunities to Black people

B.T.W. went on to found the Urban League which provided jobs and training for blacks

B.T.W. was unpopular with many Black leaders, but was popular with white leaders in the North and South. Why?

W.E.B. DuBois

Born in Massachusetts to a free black family (1868-1963)

Educated at Fisk, Harvard, & Berlin

Sociology Professor at Atlanta University in 1897

W.E.B. DuBois Views given in

The Souls of Black Folks

Strongly opposed B.T.W.’s acceptance of segregation and Jim Crow

Felt that white people caused problems by denying rights to Black people

W.E.B. DuBois Advocated the

“Talented Tenth”

Felt that talented Black students should get a good education and then help everyone else

Felt it was wrong to expect a citizen to “earn their rights”

NAACP

National Association for the Advancement of Colored People

Founded by 60 people, 7 of whom were African-American (including DuBois & Ida B. Wells-Barnett)

NAACP's stated goal was to secure for all people the rights guaranteed in the 13th, 14th, and 15th Amendments to the Constitution

DuBois was the only African-American among the organization's executives (even the NAACP’s president was a white man)