Read Chapters 20 & 21 and “Booker T. Washington & W.E.B. DuBois on Black Progress (1895, 1903)”, and respond to the following questions. Make sure to reference specific passages from the document and/or textbook to support your discussion: (200 words total)
- According to Washington, how should African Americans respond to systemic racial discrimination?
- What does Washington mean when he says that the agitation of questions of social equality is the extremest folly?
- What does DuBois think of Washington’s plan to uplift African Americans?
- What, according to DuBois, has been the result of following Washington’s advice?
Read Chapters 22 & 23 and “Huey P. Long, “Every Man a King” and “Share our Wealth” (1934)”, and respond to the following questions. Make sure to reference specific passages from the document and/or textbook to support your discussion: (200words total)
- What were the most radical aspects of Long’s plan?
- Did any of his ideas become reality?
- Upon whose law did Long base his ideas?
- What did Long predict would be the consequences if the nation failed to adopt a program such as his?