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Unit 1 Dubois and Washington
: Two Great African-American Leaders
Reading Comprehension
Dubois and Washington: Two Great African-American Leaders
At the beginning of the 20th century, African-Americans were not
equal members of American society. For example, they could not go to
the same schools as white people, and they could not vote. Many
African-American leaders at the time wanted more freedom and a
better life for African-Americans. Two of the most important African-
American leaders of the time were W.E.B. Dubois and Booker T.
Washington.
Dubois and Washington both wanted to help African-Americans, but
they had very different plans and ideas. Washington wanted to teach
job skills to large numbers of African-Americans. For example, he
wanted to train African-Americans for jobs as carpenters and
mechanics. Dubois, on the other hand, wanted to send the most
intelligent African-Americans to college to become doctors and
lawyers. Dubois called his plan “the talented tenth." He believed that
African-Americans needed powerful jobs (like those of doctors and
lawyers) to change America. Washington, on the other hand, thought
that America would slowly change on its own, and whites and African-
Americans would learn to live together naturally.
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: Two Great African-American Leaders
Reading Comprehension
Dubois and Washington: Two Great African-American Leaders
At the beginning of the 20th century, African-Americans were not
equal members of American society. For example, they could not go to
the same schools as white people, and they could not vote. Many
African-American leaders at the time wanted more freedom and a
better life for African-Americans. Two of the most important African-
American leaders of the time were W.E.B. Dubois and Booker T.
Washington.
Dubois and Washington both wanted to help African-Americans, but
they had very different plans and ideas. Washington wanted to teach
job skills to large numbers of African-Americans. For example, he
wanted to train African-Americans for jobs as carpenters and
mechanics. Dubois, on the other hand, wanted to send the most
intelligent African-Americans to college to become doctors and
lawyers. Dubois called his plan “the talented tenth." He believed that
African-Americans needed powerful jobs (like those of doctors and
lawyers) to change America. Washington, on the other hand, thought
that America would slowly change on its own, and whites and African-
Americans would learn to live together naturally.
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