Dubois vs. Washington

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Delivered his Atlanta Compromise speech at the 1895 International Cotton Expo

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Booker T. Washington

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Leader of the Tuskegee Institute that provided vocational education & job training for African Americans

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Booker T. Washington

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Helped found the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP)

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WEB Dubois

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Who would have said: " It's infinately more important to have the right to earn a dollar at a job than to spend that dollar at a theater or opera house"?

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Booker T. Washington

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Was an original founding member of the Niagara Movement (an early civil rights organization)?

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WEB Dubois

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Believed political rights were more important than economic rights

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WEB Dubois

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Proposed the idea of a "Talented Tenth"- college education for 10% of the leading African Americans

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WEB Dubois

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Promoted economic independence over social and political equality

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Booker T. Washington

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Believed that African Americans should first establish themselves by hard work to earn the respect of whites before pushing for civil rights

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Booker T. Washington

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Who would have said: "The right to spend a dollar in an equal society is more important than the right to earn a dollar at a job"?

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WEB Dubois