Analysis Of W. E. B Dubois

W.E.B DuBois was one of the black activist and civil rights leader during the 20th century, who would be remembered in black history forever. He published a book by the name of “The Souls of Black Folk”, which included plenty of essays on the topic of race. These essays addressed how African American’s lived during this time period and the struggle they went through to attain equality. In one of the essays that was published in his book, W.E.B DuBois critiques Booker T Washington, another black activist and civil rights leader, and the content of his speech at the Atlanta Compromise. Although W.E.B DuBois raised a strong argument, Booker T Washington’s argument was more convincing during this time period. During this time period, African Americans and whites were still learning how to get along, after years of slavery. The particular essay in DuBois’s book helps for historians to learn about African American’s attempt to attain equality in the United States. DuBois does this by expressing Washington’s theory and by expressing his own theory in return. Clearly, there were two views that African American civil rights leaders during this time period argued for to increase the social status of African Americans in the United States. During the Atlanta Compromise,

This novel gives insight on the social issues that African Americans in the south underwent during this time period. This document is important in American history because it allows for historians to understand the two mentalities of black activist during this time period. It also conveys to historians how African American’s attempted to reach equality. Although W.E.B DuBois and Booker T Washington both has their differences in attaining equality, they both wanted African Americans to live better lives in this “new south” era, but had complete different