Part 3: In Honor of The Souls of Black Folks
For instance, Booker T. Washington felt the power of industry and the working labor of the black man could provide extraordinary advancement in life of the then freed slaves. However, W.E.B. Du Bois was passionate on the development of the black man mentality to higher intellect in order to require and obtain the greatest fruits of life. These powerful men clashed idealism and purpose for a better tomorrow of the then freed slaves and both men passionately acquire the equal share of supporters in their quest to present their message across and to be heard effectively.
In W.E.B. Du Bois powerful essay, Of Booker T. Washington and Others is the answer relating to the second question I posed ...What really was their opposing sides towards the advancement of black men after slavery? Du Bois explosively describes his caused for his position against Booker T. Washington stating:
"Mr. Washington represents in Negro thought the old attitude of adjustment and submission; but adjustment at such a peculiar time as to make his programme unique. This is an age of unusual economic development, and Mr. Washington's programme naturally takes an economic cast, becoming a gospel of Work and Money to such an extent as apparently almost completely to overshadow the higher aims of life.
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"Of The Faith of The Fathers"
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Now, the North members emphasize the radicalism of the Negro. The North is empowered to being more outspoken and assertive as well as achieving the fruits of life within the limits that were allowed by a person of color. The downside that Du Bois masterfully portrays of the North is that it falls into two categories that limits any assistance to its counterparts in the South; the North will have classes of segregation of the poor and the middle class would aligned themselves to other middle class races and/or the rich class. This in part, the matrix of this energy leaves the Southern Negroes no other means of any significant assistance from their brethens of the North -- that freedom could provide from their Northen brethen. So the Southerns would result to aligning themselves to the conditioning of the controlled South, due to most of the South being limited both by money and freedom of expressing itself in a creative way.
Du Bois poses four main questions in his essay for the reader to gain a more understanding of the study of the Negro churches:
1. What did slavery
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