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Booker T. Washington and W.E.B. Du Bois: The Origins of a Bitter Intellectual Battle

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From: The Journal of Blacks in Higher Education
Date: 20040101
Author:Bauerlein, Mark

Editor's Note: At the turn of the twentieth century two established black leaders, Booker T. Washington and W.E.B. Du Bois, were engaged in a bitter debate on the best course for the advancement of the Negro race. Booker T. Washington believed in the "to get along, go along" or accommodationist approach to race relations. On the education front, Washington was of the opinion that through vocational or so-called industrial training blacks would win white respect by demonstrating a commitment to hard work. Du Bois wanted blacks to he more confrontational with white segregationists. He contended ...

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