I think that at this time, the person who was going about it in a more accepted way at the time was Booker T. Washington. People weren't on the side of how W.E.B Du Bois thought at the time. In Washington's speeches, he appealed to the white Southerner in how they should appreciate African Americans more and how they would then stop fighting for their civil rights. This was a small step, but still a step towards the civil rights movement that would cause more white people to get behind the movement. I think that Du Bois was ahead of his time and that today, his ideals would be much more accepted in the eyes of society.