WEB Du Bois

In this stage of his life, he encouraged direct assaults on the legal, political, and economic system, which he felt blossomed out of the exploitation of the poor and powerless black community. He inspired hope by declaring that progress would come with the success of the small struggles for a better life. Although Du Bois dreamt of attending Harvard, these influential individuals arranged for his education at Fisk University in Nashville. Du Bois then formed the Niagara Movement, and in 1909, was a vital part in establishing the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. cism tried to take his pride and dignity, he became more determined to make sure society recognized his achievements. In the South, he saw his people being driven to a status of little difference from slavery, and saw them terrorized at the polls. His experiences at Fisk changed his life, and he discovered his fate as a leader of the black struggle to free his people from oppression. He then resolved to dedicate his life to fighting the terrible racial oppression that held the black people down, both economically and politically. Although the movement that germinated from his ideas may have taken on a more violent form, WEB Du Bois felt strongly that every human being could shape their own destinies with determination and hard work. Du Bois wrote The Souls of Black Folk in 1903, criticizing Booker, claiming that his ideas would lead to a perpetuation of oppression instead of freeing the black people from it. At Fisk, Du Bois became acquainted with many sons and daughters of former slaves, who felt the pain of oppression and shared his sense of cultural and spiritual tradition. He taught school during the summers in the eastern portion of Tennessee, and saw the suffering firsthand. Du Bois’s determination was rewarded with a scholarship to Harvard, where he began the first scientific sociological studies in the United States. Washington, who felt that the black people of America had to simply accept discrimination, and hope to eventually earn respect and equality through hard work and success.