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The African- American Community has been blessed with a multitude of scholars. Two of those scholars include Booker T. Washington and W.E.B. Du bois. Both of these men, had a vision for African- Americans. They wanted to see the advancement of their race of people. These great leaders just had different viewpoints as to how this should be accomplished. Mr. Washington's viewpoints are based on his own personal experience and understanding of politics. Mr. Du bois' viewpoints came from his knowledge of the importance of education and its ability to break down barriers of color.

Washington and Du bois wanted to see the advancement of the African-American people. The question was "How could they advance?" There is a twelve-year age difference amongst the two gentlemen. I could see the difference that a decade could make in the mindsets of the two gentlemen. Washington is the elder of the two. He was apart of the slavery system not merely a product of it. He was a slave who was freed. A man without neither a history, nor a surname to call his own. Du bois was born into a system of freedom. He never experienced having a master or the lack of freedom to move about as he pleased. He came into the world and saw problems. He

Mr. W.E.B. Du bois was indeed a scholar and revolutionary. He was born in Great Barrington, Massachusetts. He was a graduate of Fisk University and the first Black to receive a doctoral degree from Harvard University. Du Bois's research into the historical and sociological conditions of black Americans made him the most influential black intellectual of his time. His book The Souls of Black Folk written in 1903 is a powerful collection of essays, in which Du Bois describes the efforts of African- Americans to reconcile their African heritage with their pride in being U.S. citizens. In this book he also contended that Washington's push for African-Americans to relinquish political strength and the quest for civil rights temporarily for the building of wealth was wrong. Du bois believed that "he right to vote, civil equality and the education of youth according to ability were more important than the accumulation of wealth. Du bois felt that if the ignorant white man could vote so should the ignorant black man. Du bois continued to fight for the rights of African- Americans. He was instrumental in the founding of the NAACP.

One was conservative. One was idealistic. One was a politician at heart. One was an abolitionist born too late. Both saw the importance of education. They just differed on what kind of education was most important to their race of

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