booker t washington

African American History Booker T. Washington The period following the abolishment of slavery was a time of hardship and identity building for African Americans and a time of conflict and violence for White Americans. African Americans in the south were faced with the tedious task of trying to survive in a racist nation who wants to demoralize and segregate them. During this period, African Americans did everything in their power to receive equal rights and …

…whole wanted equal rights and equal opportunity but Washington said that a little segregation led to "good race relations" or progress as he put it. This tells me that even with someone like Washington who slowed the real progress of African Americans, Blacks as a race was willing to go through any obstacle, even if it was one that was put there by one of their own, to react their goal of equality. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ **Bibliography**