Booker T. Washington & W.E.B. DuBois

African American History

Activities & Objectives

• Washington & DuBois Intro PowerPoint

• With your partner you will analyze the pamphlets for Washington & DuBois

• Fill out and discuss the “Talking Heads” Handout

• Rest of the week: Washington & DuBois Paper

• Identify the importance of Booker T. Washington & W.E.B. Du Bois

• Compare and contrast the differing positions of W.E.B. Du Bois & Booker T. Washington regarding the citizenship of African Americans

• Interpret the positions of W.E.B. Du Bois & Booker T. Washington within the context of the late Nineteenth Century

Key Questions:

If somebody is denied power, privilege, and equal standing with other Americans, how

should he or she respond?...

How did Booker T. Washington & W.E.B. Du Bois respond to being

African American in the late 1800s?

Thirteenth Amendment

Abolished and continues to prohibit slavery and involuntary servitude

Fourteenth Amendment

• Citizenship Clause: Overruled Dred Scott v. Sanford (citizenship)

• Due Process Clause: Prohibits state and local governments from depriving people of their rights to life, liberty, or property

• Equal Protection Clause: Basis for Brown v. Board of Education

Fifteenth Amendment

Prohibits each government in the U.S. from denying a citizen the right to vote based

on the citizens race, color, or previous condition of servitude

Dilemma

You are an African American born into slavery in 1845. When you are in your twenties, the U.S.

Congress ratifies the Thirteenth, Fourteenth, and Fifteenth Amendments. Still, you know that even

though the laws have changed, the hearts and minds of certain European Americans in your

community have not changed.

How do you respond? How did Washington & DuBois respond?

Photos

W.E.B. Du Bois Booker T. Washington

1856 - 19151868 - 1963