African American Reformers of the Progressive Era

Question 1

Booker T. Washington

Answer 1

Wrote “Up from Slavery”, accommodationist philosophy: don’t expect social equality until you can prove that you can get an education (work hard to

Question 2

W.E.B. Du Bois

Answer 2

Opponent of Washington’s views, believed African Americans should attain social equality instantly
Wrote the Souls of Black Folk
Talented 10th = education equals power

Question 3

National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP)

Answer 3

National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, founded in 1909 to abolish segregation and discrimination, to oppose racism and to gain civil rights for African Americans, got Supreme Court to declare grandfather clause unconstitutional.