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A 5 page paper which examines W.E.B. DuBois’
critique of Booker T. Washington as perceived through his essays “The Wings of
Atlanta” and “Of Our Spiritual Strivings” from his work “The Souls of Black Folks.” No
additional sources cited.
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5 pages (~225 words per page)
File: JR7_RAdubk.rtf
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sense of justice for their people. But, along the way there became a very powerful division which existed between DuBois and Washington. Washington and DuBois had very different ideals in
terms of what the country should offer to the African American people. Washington, whose voice came first, received a great deal of criticism from DuBois, though DuBois clearly respected Washington.
In DuBois "The Souls of Black Folks" we see a great deal of DuBois criticism of Washington. In the following paper we examine two essays from that work, "The Wings
of Atlanta" and "Of Our Spiritual Strivings," illustrating how the works present us with a critical examination of the ideals of Washington. DuBois Criticism First and foremost we should
perhaps examine a bit of the basics concerning the ideals of Washington. Washington was a man who felt that the African American people deserved more than they got. However, at
the same time he seemed to present the white controlling forces with a compromise rather than a demand. He argued that the African American people should be given jobs, be
given opportunities in the working world, but he did not actively argue that African Americans should have the same rights as whites. This was likely due to the fact that
he was seeking to just gain a small piece of ground for the African American, trying to play the white mans game so that the African American people could at
least make a living. He argued that the white man would do well to hire the blacks, but that the whites did not necessarily have to give them the same
political rights. DuBois was far more demanding and far more militant in his ideals for he believed that there should be no compromise and that the African Americans should
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