DUE JAN 22: Washington and Du Bois

Due Tuesday, January 22, 2013

Read Booker T. Washington’s 1895 Atlanta Compromise Speech l(ocated here: http://historymatters.gmu.edu/d/39/) and W. E. B. Du Bois’s “Chapter 3: Of Mr. Booker T. Washington and Others" from The Souls of Black Folk (1903) (located here: http://www.bartleby.com/114/3.html)

Write one paragraph for each question below (two paragraphs total).

1) What are the similarities and differences between Washington and Du Bois’s arguments?
2) What do you think motivates each argument?