The Practice of Freedom

Liberal arts education focused on intellectual leadership.

Industrial education focused on practical skills.

Classical education focused on history and philosophy.

Vocational training focused on white-collar jobs.

Washington focused on political activism, while Du Bois emphasized economic self-sufficiency.

Washington advocated for immediate civil rights, while Du Bois prioritized industrial education.

Washington believed in gradually earning rights through economic progress, while Du Bois demanded immediate civil rights and intellectual leadership.

Washington sought to integrate schools, while Du Bois supported segregated institutions.

It empowered Black people to immediately challenge segregation head-on.

It may have inadvertently reinforced racial inequality by limiting Black people's access to broader educational and economic opportunities.

It led to the rapid desegregation of schools and workplaces.

It provided Black people with the skills necessary to dominate the Southern economy.

Immediate integration of all schools and public facilities.

Black people should stay in the South, focus on industrial education, and temporarily forgo political rights.

Black people should migrate to the North to seek better opportunities.

The immediate overthrow of the Jim Crow South.

With universal condemnation for its radical demands.

With cautious optimism, as it seemed to promote racial harmony and acceptance of the status quo.

With indifference, as they did not see it as relevant to their interests.

With violent opposition, leading to increased racial tensions.

Whether prioritizing economic progress over immediate civil rights might have inadvertently perpetuated systemic racism.

Whether his focus on industrial education was too radical for the time.

Whether his emphasis on political activism was too divisive.

Whether his approach effectively dismantled the Jim Crow South.

The top 10% of Black athletes who could promote racial pride.

The top 10% of Black landowners who could finance community development.

The top 10% of Black intellectuals who should lead the community.

The top 10% of Black business owners who could create jobs.

Du Bois prioritized industrial education, while Washington focused on liberal arts.

Du Bois advocated for immediate civil rights and intellectual leadership, while Washington emphasized gradual progress through economic means.

Du Bois believed in segregation, while Washington advocated for integration.

Du Bois focused on agriculture, while Washington emphasized business.

It led to the immediate end of segregation in the early 20th century.

It laid the groundwork for the modern Civil Rights Movement by emphasizing activism and challenging discrimination.

It caused a decline in Black educational institutions.

It reinforced the idea that economic progress was the only path to equality.

Washington supported segregation, while Du Bois opposed it.

Washington prioritized economic self-sufficiency through industrial education, while Du Bois emphasized immediate civil rights and intellectual leadership.

Washington advocated for political activism, while Du Bois focused on vocational training.

Washington believed in integration, while Du Bois supported Black nationalism.