The Civil Rights Movement

The Civil Rights Movement | For Further Discussion

Chapter 1
1. Compare the policies of W.E.B. Du Bois and Booker T. Washington. Whose program promised more immediate gains for blacks? Was it possible for blacks to better their condition without pressing for the political and social rights advocated by Du Bois?

2. Was Washington’s case for black accommodation to white society an appropriate response to black grievances when viewed in a historical context? Why did Washington’s policies fall out of popularity after his death in 1915?

3. Even before the heyday of the civil rights movement in the...


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