The Civil Rights Movement 1900

DBQ In the Civil Rights Movement of the 1900’s the semi-conservative strategies of Booker T. Washington proved to be a more appropriately developed plan for the gaining of African American equality, the reduction of racial discrimination, and in dealing with the poverty situation of the Black Americans. Contrary to Washington’s conservative views, the radical assumptions made by the civil rights activist W.E.B. DuBois proved to an inconceivable alteration to the American society, …

…of Booker T. Washington proved to be a more appropriately developed plan for the gaining of African American equality, the reduction of racial discrimination, and in dealing with the poverty situation of the Black Americans. The views of Booker T. Washington provided the Black Americans of the time to provide themselves with the image of responsible individuals, making the acceptance of the Black American social equality a more palatable taste for the White American community.