Critical Thinking 17-3 #5

Racial discrimination was a big issue in the 20th century. Many civil rights leaders tried to give more freedom to African Americans. However, some of these leaders disagreed with each other about how to do so. Two such people were Booker T. Washington and W.E.B. Du Bois.
Washington and Du Bois had different views on racial discrimination. Washington was head of an all-black school. Of all civil rights leaders at the time, he was the one most respected by powerful whites. This may be because, although he wanted civil rights, the fact that he was head of a black-only school showed his support racial segregation.
Du Bois opposed Washington for the same reason that others supported him. He did not believe that blacks and whites should be separate forever. Du Bois thought that doing so would encourage discrimination, and that all people should be able to mix together and have equal rights. He and those who agreed with him were unsatisfied with the lack of progress made in the matter of racial equality, and decided that they should work to achieve their goal.