Beliefs
Washington believed Black Americans could earn respect through hard work and economic INDEPENDENCE
What is economic self-reliance?
He was the first African American to earn a PhD from Harvard
Who is W.E.B Du Bois?
Historical events occurring from the late 19th century- early 20th century(Provide one)
What is - Reconstruction Ends, Jim Crow Era Begins, Rise of Black Institutions(HBCUs), Industrialization, Racial Violence and Lynching, Plessy V Ferguson, Niagara Movement, The Great Migration, WWI, Harlem Renaissance.
Born into slavery in Franklin County, Virginia and he later became a leading educator
What is Booker T. Washington?
DuBois moved to this African country later in life and became a citizen
What is Ghana?
Du Bois argued that African Americans should not wait for their civil rights to be given to them and insisted on this instead
What is the demand for civil rights/Immediate civil action?
Washingtons autobiography, still widely read today is titled this
What is Up from slavery?
The 1896 Supreme Court case that legalized segregation under "separate but equal"
What is Plessy V Ferguson?
Dubois coined this term, describing the 10% of educated Black Americans who he believed should lead the fight for equality.
What is the Talented Tenth?
Washington wrote how many books throughout his life?
What is 5 books?
Washington promoted practical, hands-on training to help Black Americans gain financial stability
What is vocational education?
Washington founded this Alabama school where students built their own campus
What is Tuskegee Institute?
This New York neighborhood became the center of Black culture, art, and music in the 1920s
What is Harlem?
Dubois studied in this European country where he was influenced by philosophy and sociology
What is Berlin, Germany?
The skills that Washington had that impressed the Hampton Institute
What is sweeping and cleaning a classroom?
The concept created by W.E.B Dubois
What is double consciousness?
Washington secretly supported these behind the scenes efforts to challenge segregation
What are civil rights lawsuits?
This movement believes that all Black people around the world are connected and should work together for freedom, equality, and progress.
What is Pan-Africanism?
Washington founded this organization to promote Black entrepreneurship and business growth nationwide.
What is the National Negro Business League?
DuBois created these colorful charts and graphs for the 1900 Paris Expedition
What are data visualizations?
Washington's Compromise with White people
What is, by encouraging Black people to not address or bother Whites as a way of preventing lynchings and violence, encouraging African Americans way of getting their civil rights
Washington believed African Americans should focus on this type of practical education
What is industrial or vocational education?
The concept that Dubois created and what it meant
What is double consciousness, the concept of viewing oneself through both one's own eyes and the eyes of the white society?
What were W.E.B Dubois's actions for reform?
What is he helped lead the Niagara Movement and co-founded the NAACP to fight segregation and discrimination?
Washington was the first African American to receive this national honor in 1940
What is being featured on a U.S. postage stamp?