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LAVC African American Literature the Booker and Du Bois Philosophies Discussion

 

Booker T. Washington and W. E. B. DuBois have very different philosophies regarding the steps that African Americans should take to progress in American society .  After reading about these two, please answer the following questions:

1)  Analyzing the strategies that they use to convince their readers of their ideologies, whose narrative do you think was most effective during the time period?  Explain why you think so and please use a quote from the narrative that exemplifies your thoughts.

2)  Which thinker do you agree with and why?