Similarities Between W. E. B. Dubois And Booker T. Washington

The crusade for equality to whites for blacks has been going on for years. There are some that believe that blacks are more superior. Whiles other believe that whites are superior. For example Jem tells Scout about mixed children, saying, “They don’t belong anywhere. Colored folks won’t ‘em because they’re half white; white folks won’t have ‘em ‘cause they’re colored, so they’re just inbetweens, don’t belong anywhere” (Lee, 215). Then you have those that believe in equality Similar to the beliefs of W.E.B DuBois and Booker T. Washington. The two fought for black equality during the span of their life. In which an example of the twos beliefs can been seen in the Tom Robinson case in the novel To Kill A Mockingbird. Just like when Atticus says,

“But there is one way in this country in which all men are created equal...in our courts all men are created equal” (Lee, 274).
W.E.B DuBois was very influential toward blacks.

Dubois was an educator, journalist, as well as a civil rights activist. He was born February 23, 1868 in Massachusetts. After being the first to receive a PhD from Harvard DuBois moved to moved Nashville, Tennessee. Where he attended Fisk University. Afterward he studied abroad in Berlin, where he worked with social scientists. Later he became a professor at Atlanta University. DuBois wrote several books, one entitled The Souls of Black Folks expressing sadness, rage, and frustration blacks faced. He believed that blacks were equal in every way to whites without having to prove themselves. DuBois was part of the NAACP and The Crisis. He was an editor for them for twenty years. Their main goal was to lobby for the equality of blacks on a national scale. In addition to improving African-American self image. DuBois then died August 27, 1963 in Accra,

Ghana.
Booker T. Washington was subordinate with blacks. Washington was an educator and civil rights activist. He was born April 15, 1856 in Hale’s Ford, Virginia. He founded Tuskegee Institute in Alabama. It was built for blacks to receive a training on skills, morals, religious life. In addition to academics and those wanting to pursue agricultural careers. Washington was the President and Principal of the school. Which opened July 4, 1881 and was later expanded. Most blacks didn’t favor the ways of Washington because he promoted that blacks accept discrimination and concentrate on elevating themselves. He believed that in doing so blacks would win the respect of the whites. Although the majority of Washington’s supporters were white and not his intended audience of the blacks. Washington died November 14, 1915 in Tuskegee, Alabama.
Washington and DuBois, while they had similar goals butted heads quite often.

This being that fact that their beliefs repudiate each other. While they both wanted equality, it was a strife between getting it now and getting it later. Blacks agreed more with the beliefs of DuBois because they believed that once slavery ended all were equal. Although that was not the case during this time. Life of equality was tenuous for blacks in the south despite antithetical beliefs. Each had one goal they wanted to reach but in the end things didn’t have yet to be truly equal between blacks and whites as it is still going on today. Although one thing can be said for sure and that is that years after the fight for equality in the two’s time it got a lot closer than before between blacks and whites after they had both

passed.
The Judge choosing Atticus for being the lawyer for Tom in To Kill A Mockingbird is an example of the struggles and hardships blacks faced that both DuBois and Washington fought for. This being that the Judge picked Atticus not only for the fact he is a good lawyer, but, that he wouldn’t be racist toward Tom during the trial and would give a fair fight. Any other person would treat Tom differently during the time of the case and would automatically agree with the Mr. Ewell on the charge just for the sole fact that he is white and Tom, the defendant, is black. DuBois in a case like Tom would use to prove that even with blacks being free and said to have the same rights as everyone else they don’t. In addition to that fact that to get a fair trial for a black one has to go out of their way to ensure that all are treated fairly. While Washington would use this case as an example that blacks need to improve their self image and so if a case similar to Tom’s were to happen again, there views on blacks would be different in which the outcome of the trial could have been different. Reasons like so is why DuBois fought for blacks to have equal rights to whites in the case of now not later because some might not have a later. In addition to why Washington fought for blacks even though they may have had to wait longer than they wanted to equality.