W.E.B Du Bois

Question 1

What was Du Bois’s main aim for African Americans?

Answer 1

. Du Bois unlike Washington worked to try and achieve equality for African Americans via political means.

Question 2

What two organisations was Du Bois pivotal in establishing?

Answer 2

. The NAACP in 1909

. The Niagra Movement in 1905

Question 3

What was the Niagra Movement?

Answer 3

. Was an African American Civil Rights organisation which focused on political action in order to achieve equality for African Americans
. Was opposed to Booker.T Washingtons economic aims and working with the white system.
. Wanted the complete abolishment of desegregation
. Laid the groundwork for the establishment of the NAACP in 1909