1. Booker T. Washington and W.E.B. DuBois: Two Paths to Ending Jim Crow

2. Evolution of the Jim Crow South
Disenfranchisement of African Americans
Grandfather Clause
Poll Tax
Literacy Test
Intimidation and Fear

3. Systematic State-Level Legal Codes of Segregation
Jim Crow Laws
Systematic State-Level Legal Codes of Segregation
Transportation
Schools
Libraries
Drinking Fountains
Morgues and Funeral Parlors

4. Plessy vs. Ferguson 1896
The Case: Homer Plessy, 1/8th black, was arrested for sitting in the “white car” of a Louisiana train in violation of that state’s “Separate Car Act.” The case was appealed to Supreme Court.

5. Supreme Court Ruling 1896 Plessy v. Ferguson
The Ruling: SEPARATE facilities were lawful as long as they were EQUAL.
Justice John Harlan, the lone dissenter wrote, “Our Constitution is color-blind.”
Supreme Court in 1896

6. Plessy v. Ferguson
The Result: Legalized Jim Crow Segregation until 1954 (Brown v. Board of Education)

7. Two African Americans, Two Diverse Backgrounds
Booker T. Washington W.E.B. DuBois

10. Booker T. Washington Born a slave in southwestern Virginia
Believed in vocational education for blacks
Founded Tuskegee Institute in Alabama
Believed in gradual equality
Accused of being an “Uncle Tom”
The slang term “Uncle Tom” is used in the African American or black community to describe someone who is perceived as overly ingratiating in interactions with white people. The term is meant to imply that the Uncle Tom is subservient and excessively deferential, behaving as someone of a lesser class or social status rather than treating whites as equals. Usually, this term is used as an insult. (definition from WiseGeek.com)
Received much white support
Wrote Up From Slavery (1901)

11. Booker T. Washington
Outlined his views on race relations in a speech at the Cotton States and International Exposition in Atlanta – “Atlanta Compromise”
Felt that black people should work to gain economic security before equal rights
Believed black people will “earn” equality

13. Booker T. Washington
Developed programs for job training and vocational skills at Tuskegee Institute
Asked whites to give job opportunities to black people
Was popular with white leaders in the North and South

18. W.E.B. DuBois Born in 1868 in Great Barrington, Massachusetts
Well educated-First African American to receive
Ph.D. from Harvard
Wanted immediate equality between blacks and whites
Wanted classical higher education for blacks
Wrote The Souls of Black Folk (1903)
The Niagara Movement – led to NAACP

23. W.E.B. DuBois Views given in The Souls of Black Folks and The Crisis
Strongly opposed Booker T. Washington’s tolerance of segregation
Demanded immediate equality for blacks

24. W.E.B. DuBois
Felt talented black students should get a classical education (Talented tenth)
Felt it was wrong to expect citizens to “earn their rights”
Founded the NAACP along with other black and white leaders

25. Compare and Contrast
Booker T. Washington
W.E.B. DuBois
Now in your groups, work together to have 8 differences for each man and 5 similarities between the two men.

26. Task: Essay Outline Topic: Compare and Contrast BTW & WEB
Introduction to the main topic (What is the main topic)
Who/what are you comparing
Thesis Statement
Introduction
1st Point/ topic sentence (Compare)
1st Paragraph
2nd Point/ Topic Sentence (Contrast)
2nd paragraph
Summarize the topic
Conclusion