Who had a better plan to gain civil rights at the turn of the 20th century?

I don't know but I can tell you that civil rights and capitalism don't mix well. Not if your civil rights stop other people from making money.

Du Bois I think had a better approach since being nice and trying to give them a chance saying that we should help them out and not try to be violent in this conflict didn't work Washington had a good idea for some individuals but this problem wouldn't be solved if you just allow them to walk all over you. Du Bois took a little more control and order in fighting for racial justice rather than allowing white southerners to walk all over them.

I believe that Washington's philosophies were more effective during this time period. He mentioned something about "being as separate as fingers yet one as the hand." He wanted blacks and whites to cast aside their differences and just get along. However, he knew that change wouldn't happen overnight. For mutual progress to occur, he felt that it was necessary for each race to get along. Washington was also much more vocal about his viewpoints on racism, which I feel like made a bigger overall impact.

I think Washington approach at the time would have been best. The white people of he south did not see black people as human. Slowly advancing them economically and then socially was the best option at the time because there was no way for social progress. By no being extreme in his ideas he would gain more support. Du Bois was too ahead of his time. What he wanted was just and the way it should be but the people of his time didn't even see black people as human let alone equal. But slowly giving them more rights by giving them means of there own income could help them climb the social ladder and have white poeple see blacks in a different way.

Du Bois was the person on the right track. Going for higher education would put blacks closer to the same level as whites and would make them more "qualified" to make decisions in government and such. Giving them industrial education is just saying "hey, you're free now, get back to work." It wouldn't provide enough change, to make a difference which is why they needed to go for higher education.

Washington's plan would have been better for gaining civil rights because it would have been more widely accepted.

I think Washington's way would have been better at the time because nobody was familiar with the idea that they everyone was treated equal and that everybody got the same things. Washington's way was to take small steps to get to what they wanted. Nobody was ready to do it the way Du Bois wanted to because it was to advanced and no one would agree on the things he wanted to do.

At the time, Washington plan was more effective, within the public ideals of the time period. Du Bois's plan was ahead of the times, people weren't ready for that change. With all of the racial standpoints of the people at the time, Washington's plan was smaller steps to a bigger goal.

I think Du Bois had a better plan, but he was ahead of his time. So I think Washington, because he would have eased African Americans into everyday society, so it might have been better for them because people in the south didn't really see them as people yet.

I believe that Du Boise was the best supporter during that era because even though he was extreme he laid the foundation for the civil rights movement. Many of the groups and plans had had, like the NAACP, can still be seen today. Compared to Du Boise, Washington wasn't looking out for African Americans and their future as well.

I think Du Bois had a better plan. He created an elite group of black leaders and he wanted everyone to be equal. His plan was better than Washington's plan because Washington's plan included black people just suffering through while working hard until everything was equal and I don't thing that was a good plan. I think it was good that Du Bois wanted to stand up and fight instead of sitting down and being quiet.

I think that W.E.B. Du Bois had a better plan because he thinks they should strive for their rights and that when they are respected over time by working hard they will achieve the goals of equality in the future. Even though Booker T. Washington had more steps and ideas to carry out, I think Du Bois's ideas would work better considering these circumstances.

At this time, I would say Washington. While yes, Washington and Dubois did have the same idea at heart, Dubois was ahead of his time. Washington's plans were more suited for the time, especially since we were just coming out of the industrial revolution and higher education was not as important at the time, especially for black people

I think Washington's idea was better at the time. Although Du Bois was ahead of his time it had to start somewhere and I think Washington was a good first step toward Du Boi´s idea.

Today, I would say that Du Bois had the best idea, considering that he wanted to further education, and overall increase the well being of the African American population, however, at the time, this idea was too progressive and the majority of whites back then just wouldn't go for it because it was against social norms. I think that AT THE TIME, Washington's idea was the better approach because it was the long con.

I think it may have been better to start with a small little interaction with the idea of having Black people have rights. So, I'm thinking Washington had an approach that would work at first. I'm not saying it had all there but starting out that way to show that they can be trusted and treated right. The only reason why I say that is because it not too early in it's a time like the other one was. I feel having people slow august to what going helps then go for the hard blows. Though both did end up helping in the long run.

In my opinion, while you can't go wrong with either side, Booker T. Washington had the better argument. Du Bois set the better end goal, but Booker T. Washington paved the path better. Change is hard, and just like any other big change, it happens through smaller steps rather than simultaneously, and Washington understands that.

Du Bois had a better plan to gain civil rights at the turn of the 20th century. The reason being is because Washington’s plan had a passive approach and could be exploited. The problem with Washington’s plan from what I could see is if African Americans do see the changes that Washington had planned and that African Americans got what they long wanted, those changes would be completely worthless the moment that an American intervenes with them. African Americans still wouldn’t have the same rights that other Americans had and would be looked down upon, so Americans could take advantage of this and rip away what other African Americans wanted and got. While on the other hand, if African Americans had fought for civil rights and they finally accomplish it, there wouldn’t be such exploitation because the African Americans would’ve earned their rights and kept what they had received.

I think Washington's plan, at the time, was more effective, although wasn't as progressive as Du Bois' idea. Du Bois was ahead of his time with his philosophy, and while it seems like the much better option, baby steps had to be made, and Washington's ideology was a good first step.

I think that W.E.B. Du Bois had a better plan. while Booker T. Washington had a good plan to focus on blending in and having more job opportunities, Du Bois had a plan that would help further African American's education, therefore helping them get or create more jobs.

Booker T. Washington and W.E.B De Bois both had very good plans for blacks to obtain rights and jobs. De Bois was on the side of higher better education and Washington was on the side of Industrial education. De Bois's plan was better for the future of blacks, being educated and being able to get jobs that they couldn't before, Washington's idea would work for some people but it wasn't a good long term fix for all of the colored community.

I think that Washington had a better debate. He knew that most white people were not ready to make a change, but by progressing themselves without the help of white people, they could convince the whites that they were deserving of equality. This is reinforced by how little progress Du Bois made. He took a more direct approach that white people weren't ready to get behind, and therefore made less progress in his time.

I believe that DuBois had the best plan to solve the problem with race at this time. Washington's approach (while applicable for some individuals) would have made white southerners more comfortable with being the superiors to the black race. DuBois' push for social justice right off the bat set the race up for success in order to have blacks integrated throughout all levels of wealth and classes during this time period.

I think Du Bois had a better plan because nothing gets done if you try to keep your head down and not do anything. If they wanted civil rights, doing nothing was maybe the worst thing that could be done to gain them. No one would really care and the problem would just fade away and the white people would have just forgotten it. Du Bois had an idea on how to change things and I don't think it might be the best plan, it is better than no plan at all.

I feel that Washington was making a bigger impact because he was a slave. Which means that he knows what it is like to suffer and what people have to do to get away from that lifestyle. Such as Du Bois has not been in that position and does not know the ways to get through to someone and "please" an owner. Washington knew how to get to an owner and by making his speech to the cotton states he knew the way that he had to deliver it to get the owners attention to make a change.

I think that Booker T. Washington made a better impact in the civil rights movement. He urged blacks to accept discrimination for the time being and concentrate on bettering themselves through hard work. He also thought that education for the black community was most important.

I Think that Washington was right in his time. I think in the time period that they were in were lynching was common that the blacks could never get equal rights at the time. Washington in his time I think knew that he had no chance against the whites in getting equal rights. He knew and tried doing the best he could and i think he did.

I think Booker T. Washington had a better plan because it was gradual unlike Du Bois. Du Bois wanted immediate equality and that is not possible over night. Equality is something that takes a long time because everyone will have to slowly understand what is happening. Washington was a former slave unlike Du Bois who was born in Massachusetts. Also, Washington had persuaded whites to like him, which during this time, was very difficult. Booker T. Washington had an overall better plan.

Booker T. Washington's method was the best because he encouraged the people to take jobs that helped the community and wanted them to assimilate into white culture. this was a better method because it would be easier for white people to accept them if they can see clear helpfulness that black people bring.

Booker T Washington had the better idea for the time period. Slaves had just been recently released, and many presumed that they were seeking vengeance, or just despised the blacks outright. Washington's idea of getting laborious jobs suited the blacks better, both physically and mentally, because they had been working these jobs for nearly a century already. Also, the rest of the country was not ready to accept multitudes of blacks into higher education and colleges. Some education is necessary of course, but to become well respected and supported, they needed to work from the ground up, and that meant working tough, hard labor jobs.

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.

Booker T Washington because I think he was making bigger moves and that he was better educated and he saw the difference in racism going from Massachusetts to the South and being discriminated and so he would want to help the African Americans in the south.

I think that for his time Booker T. Washington had a better plan. Compared to DuBois his plan was going to make African Americans fit in better to society in the south. I think that Washington's idea was a good first step towards achieving DuBois's plan. Dubois had a good argument as well, but I think for that time, it wouldn't have worked as he wanted it to.

I think at the time Washington had the better argument. He realized that a lot of white people weren't quite ready for the change, so he didn't push them too far. I think Du Bois even though it probably would be more effective now was too ahead for his time.

I personally think that Booker, because he was willing to change or at least try to change what was happening deeper in the south. Down south it was pretty bad, but it has gotten a little better due to the black lives matter argument. On the other hand people in the south would act life were weren't even home.

I think Washington's approach was better at the time. I feel that he would've made a bigger impact because he was a slave so he knows what it was like to suffer. He had a gradual plan and I think that was a better idea then everything happening at once. He was also more vocal about his viewpoints which helped his approach

I think that Washington had not a really great plan, because he just wanted to hide things to made like all was good, by telling his people to work in order to became wealthy. While Du Bois wanted to change things in real life, in order to have equal rights for black people and to be at the same level than white people.

At the turn of the century, I believe that Du Bois had a better plan to gain Civil Rights because there was not going to be change without a greater fight against the current state of our countries' equality. African Americans were going to have to beat white Americans at their own game and that came through the power of education. While Washington also made a great fight for Civil Rights through industrial education, I believe that Du Bois plan through building up the minds and anger against racism in African Americans was more beneficial.

I believe that booker T Washington was a better leader and had better ideas because he was in the opinion of the African American people should become equal like Dubois. But he thought that Africans should work hard and build from the ground up. He wanted them to earn there spot in the world and be equal that way. which at this time working hard was the way to become equal and treated with respect. Also, I think that should be the case for anybody at this time. You need to work hard to earn your spot.

I think at the beginning Washington had a pretty good plan for African americans by making them landowners and productive workers but they still wouldn't of had voting rights and they couldn't win anything through legal action. While Du Bois wanted them to go for better education and then further their rights like voting etc..

Washington wanted economic and social equality among White and Black people, but Americans didn't see Black people as, well, people. Washington wanted Black and White people to work together to make a better world for future generations.

I think Washington's approach for the time was better. Du Bois had the right idea but I think Washington's way is what needed to be done in order for more people to agree. Most people didn't view African Americans as humans and so Washington's way would help them realize that they are indeed the same as us.

For that time I think Washington had a better plan because, in the end, they wouldn't have to deal with as much racism. For one the school systems were very different, and most African Americans could not afford this education. ON the other hand, most of them were hard workers so getting an education in something they would be much better at would be more beneficial.

I think that they both had a good approach, but in that time I think Washington had a better approach. Du Bois had good ideas but in that time Washington has the better chance.

I think Washington, had done this better because his way slowly allowed people of color to have more freedom. As with Du Bois, he went all in at once and had I don't think was as successful because white citizens didn't think people of color were humans.

Washington had a better perspective because of what he went through and that he was a slave and knew what it was like to suffer. In my opinion, it was smart to get people on your side slowly and socially and economically. Du Bois was to ahead of time when he had that idea because black people back then didn't even have a right to protest or anything. Du Bois had a better idea in the future but at that time Washington had the smartest idea.

I think Washington's plan would have worked but Du Bois was ahead in his time. I would go with Du Bois plan but I would also include some of Washington's plan as well. It would just depend on who's plan worked out the best.

I think that Washington had a better plan because this was to help the slaves get jobs and I don't think the country was ready to accept blacks in a higher education. I think Du Bois was ahead of his time and you had to start from the ground up.

I don't really know who had a better plan but Du Bois' plan was very progressive and he definitely had the future in mind when he came up with it.

I think that they both had very good arguments but Du Bois had a better argument because he was fighting for equality and more rights where as Washington was fighting for more schooling and jobs when that is going to cause more than anything else. By fighting for schooling and jobs, Washington was pushing the white people to want to become more superior. But Washington was a slave so he knows a lot more about inequality and fighting harder than Du Bois might have.

i think both of them had great ideas but Du bois had a better one for the long term effect Washington's idea was like a temp fix

I think that in this time I think that Washington had a better way of it. He knew what the white south men thought of African Americans. He wanted to get rights and jobs for African Americans. Du Bois had a plan that was ahead of his time. He wanted better education and jobs for African Americans.

I think that Du Bois had a better plan because it was more progressive hen Washingtons and he was ahead of his time in the study of philosophy and he just had a much better option.

Washington's approach to this issue was better. I feel that Du Bois approach did not work because no one wants to admit they were wrong especially when they don't believe they are. Asking southerners to help heal the wounds they have created was never going to work because they felt they weren't in the wrong. The more under the wraps private approach that Washington worked much better because he was trying to slowly engrave the black community in with the white community rather than saying we must have all the same rights as white people. This made white people more likely to accept them because they didn't feel as though they were losing anything.

I think that Washington had the best plan to give African Americans equal rights. Du Bois took a lot smaller and gradual steps that in my opinion wouldn't go as far. As for Washington, he tried to take a big step. Washington grew up as a slave and knew what it was like unlike Du Bois where he grew up in Massachusetts and didn't experience it, so that helped Washington come at a different angle.

I think both Washington and W.E.B Du Bois had brilliant plans. But I think W.E.B Du Bois was just way ahead of his time more than Washington was. This could be because he had a better education than Washington did and he was a civil rights activist, leader, educator, etc. Due to these things I think he had a better idea on what he was doing than Washington, even though Washington was an overall dominant leader.

DuBois had a better part towards civil rights. His approach of wanting rights right now was much a better idea than Washington's. With the violent racism in the South, a more direct approach was necessary. While Washington's plan is a good one, it would take too long in a place like the South where racism is the norm. if his plan was implemented in a more open minded place, it would probably have more success.

I think Du Bois had a noble goal, and certainly something to strive for -- but Booker T. Washington's idea of slow progress would certainly have been more effective at the time, gradually giving them economic power and progress, until they had enough to advocate for themselves -- at which point, going for Du Bois' plan made much more sense.

I believe that Washington had a better plan solely for the reason that slow and steady wins the race. When you are learning something brand new you can't jump right into the challenging subjects. You have to work your way up to that point and that's what Washington's plan was.

I believe that though Du Bois had a solid point- ultimately voting rights were absolutely necessary to lead to any semblance of equality- Brooker T Washington had a better plan. Getting better and more skilled medium level jobs was the first necessary piece. it was the only way to gain respect and a financial base from which to jump off of.

I think both of these people had very good ideas to obtain the same goal. Although, I think Washington's would work just a little bit better. overtime we have seen the stubbornness of people when any sort of change is implemented into their lives. for instance, segregation, masks ETC. This shows how Washington's slow effective method would work better during this time.

Du Bois had a better plan for the time period for he was working on the now as he could see blacks getting lynched for nothing whereas Washington believed in the future and just wanted to change the world In the future for better rights for blacks

I think that Washington had the better approach in this time period. People back then weren't just going to be accepting of just giving them all of these things. So they needed to introduce it little by little and make the white people trust them.

Booker T Washington. He told them to play the long game and prove themselves with time and hard work

I think that Washington's approach would be better because he wanted to make changes slowly. He knew that white people wouldn't understand blacks are people until they become like them. Dubois' idea was ahead of his time, things needed to progress more before his philosophy came into play.

I think they both had a good ideas but dubois had a better debate because he wanted to give blacks a better job and a better education, overall a better life because he thought everyone should be treated equally. he belived everyone was the same.

I think Washington had a better plan, even though it was going to take longer it was the better plan. At the time, white people would not have accepted Du Bois's pan as it would have been a quick change. That would have cause a lot of social issues as people aren't used to having to act in this new way. Washington's plan to slowly fix racial tensions would go over a lot better with the white people.

I think that Washington had a better plan. Washington's plan was more at everyone's speed rather than Du Bois who was basically ahead of everyone. Du Bois was ready to make changes that nobody else was used to at all. Washington's strategy was more effective during the current time than Du Bois's strategy was.

I think that Washingtons Idea was more, effective and stable because Du Bois was to advance for the time period and he was going out on a limb

I feel that Washington had a better plan. It was hard for African Americans to get jobs, therefore getting them an education was even harder. Applying themselves to industrial jobs would be more useful in the long run, helping them earn the money needed to achieve an education. Therefore, Washington's plan was better for that time period.

I think that Booker T Washington had the better argument for the time period. In the time that this was going I think the white southerners would value African Americans more if they had vocational skills other than higher education. I think he was also right about trying to appeal more to the white southerners and to coming to common ground with them because they were the vast majority at the time.

I think that Washington had a better plan than Du Bois did. Washington's plan was taking things slower for colored people and slowly bringing them up to equality but also recognizing that they are being treated unfairly and he did what he thought was best to be successful. Du Bois' plan didn't have the colored people's best interest in mind when going about his plan and it would not end in equality.

I think Washington's plan was better, cause white isn't just automatically just going to go with what the colored people want. There has to be compromise and not everybody is going to be happy. Washington was getting to his wanted end result but very slowly and kind of in a secretive way. You can't just go out demanding what you want because you'll for sure get let down or backlash especially at this time.

I believe Washington had the best plan at this time. The white landowning southerners didn't even want black people to be free let alone have rights. So Washington's plan of trying to gradually build relationships with the white southerners and earn their rights a little at a time was the better option.

I think that Washington had the best plan for his time. Yes, DuBois' plan was much more wanted throughout the African-American population because of the freedom they would be getting, but after being treated so harshly by the white population, it was unrealistic. Washington's plan, however, was much more realistic and would be able to lead to more and more freedom in the future, and it fit the amount of freedom that probably would have been allowed for them during this time period anyways. Although it would have been great to have DuBois' plan put in place, it just wasn't realistic during it's time.

I think that for that time Washington had the better approach for equality. Black people still weren't equal to white people even though slavery was abolished. Washington wanted black people to advance economically first and then socially after. All he wanted was for them to be able to work and become part of the community that way instead of trying to become political leaders and try to gain public notice.

Personally, i think De Bois was pushing more, he was pushing for higher and better education. While Washington almost wanted some people to leave there traditions and culture for equality.

I think that is was Booker T Washington because he had more advancement in getting rights. However, he did want to make the people give up their way of life and try acting like whites instead of there natural selves.

I believe that Washington was making a bigger change because he was a slave and could relate to the lives of other slaves more then Du Bois. Washington knows what its like to go through that pain. Washington knew how to connect and speak to an owner and by making his speech to the certain states he knew how to grab their attention to make a change happen.

I think that De Bois had a better plan. Washington's plan for them to work would've let white people continue thinking that they are better. If black people started getting higher education more, then I think it would've been easier for them to be seen as equals.

I believe that in the beginning, Washington had a better plan by working and owning land but they still weren't allowed to vote or have any say. But Du Bois plan was better for themselves by getting an education and gaining rights

I think Washington had a better plan. He was born into slavery and knew what it was like to be oppressed. He pushed black people to accept discrimination and focus on making life for themselves better with hard work and persistence. He showed they needed to work hard for education, industrial training, and business ownership. To receive equal rights, that would have to come later. He eventually established the Tuskegee Institute for education for African Americans. More educated people equals more jobs.

I think that Washington's approach was best. With Washington's approach putting black people up there economically and socially would get white people more used to them being around and see them more as humans instead of nothing. Du Bois approach would work well after Washington got black people closer to white people.

I think that Washington had a better point because white people did not see black people as any importance what so ever and so I would understand if he thought the best idea was to try to act like them because as a old saying goes( i'm not saying this apply to this in anyway that just how some might have thought) If you cant beat them join them. But I believe if this did happen that would have made all the whites comfortable with being Superior race, witch is a step in the complete wrong direction.

I think W.E.B Du Bois had a better plan to gain civil rights because let's say you had to do a math paper, if you were to just kinda try on it then you wouldn't get an A right? well for the African Americans if they didn't take full action like Du Bois plan was to then yes there might have been some change but not near the change they wanted. So for that reason I think Du Bois had a better plan.

i think that Washington's approach would of worked the best at the time. Washington's approach would eventually make African Americans important to our economy. eventually some way some how people would of realized just how important they were and start excepting them.

At the time I believe Washington was doing more as he appealed to moderate white voters who had at least some power to help black people. Washington was likelier to change a racist than Du Bois, even if it was just a little.

I think Washington's idea was good and effective but I think Du Bois's plan was better because it was, yes ahead of it's time, but still very effective and would influence the lives of black people in a very positive way.

I think that Booker T. Washington had a better plan to gain Civil Rights at the turn of the century. Washington had a plan that was more gradual and didn't have as much of an attack as Du Bois' did. Du Bois wanted things to get done right then and there. Washington's main points that I've seen is that he wanted respect and he wanted things to get done, but it just might get done over a period of time and I think that is a better plan. Civil Rights at the time was more quickly to get shot down if it was forced and pushed on quickly, versus the slow and gradual approach that Washington provided.

I feel that there is a mixture of both, it's not like everyone will just get educated but also if you get jobs and then what? Booker T. Washington's plan is great to employ blacks but there is nothing really going from there. Du Bois though more thoughtfully in education. This is a problem getting education widespread and to everyone. I like Washington better because you have to start in the bottom get dirty and rise up overtime then at once. This is true because people, in general, are resistant to change

Du Bois

Education is a fast track to wealth and a bit of power. although basic industrial knowledge is good for most The minority who will rise could greatly influence culture.

And without any right to vote You could not Change anything for yourself other than the most basic of living conditions.

I think Washington's idea of slowly inviting them in socially and economically would have worked best. Washington understood that white people during this time weren't going to be very open and inviting to giving them any rights. Du Bois plan was morally correct, just too quick for that time period and the logistics weren't set.

i think du bois was better because he rather help every black people with education and other things at least give them freedom to where they can do whatever they want by getting a job and living in a safe environment

although the better plan might have been With Du Bois, Washingtons were more fit for the time they had to take it little by little. I like the idea of furthering the education of blacks but at the time it was a crazy idea, However, Washington idea of slowly integrating black and white people was more suitable for the time

I would say that Washington would have won because more people would have to herd him and but they both had the same idea so if I could I would pick both but if I had to choose it would be Washington because more people heard his voice and believed in him more than Du Bois

I feel like the Du Bois was better. They wanted people to have more education to be able to go out and get a normal job, then if they wanted they could go and get an industry degree and work for farmers. Then for Washington he just wanted them getting into industries then going strait to the field and start working and not get a normal job and get paid.

I believe Washington's approach was better because in a time when African Americans had no rights what so ever he tried to slowly adapt southerners to the idea of them having common rights and education. Although it was a slow paced idea it would be easier to get people to adapt and accept them then it would be to just force it upon them.

I believe both sides made some strong points, but then people looked at who has higher education, which leads me to say Booker T. Washington would have my vote. Du Bois may win the argument in the present era, but no one understood his point of view back then.

I think Booker T. Washington's plan was better for that time than Du Bois. Washington understood that equality takes a while to reach unlike Du Bois. At this time the White Southerners were even treating Blacks as human. Washington’s plan was for both sides to give up something to reach an agreement. He wanted the Blacks to put a hold on the civil rights movement and wanted the Whites to give the Blacks a chance.

I think that Booker T. Washington was better at motivation the Black People to get out of slavery quicker and to get a job. Washington also told the Black People to "cast down your buckets" this was implying that the Black People to let go of what the Wight People did to the Black People. Washington told the Black People to not look to the North for help and salvation but to Look at what they could do and to rely on themselves. The Black People didn't have it all good for them though, all there property could be taken away be Wight People and they still could be harassed be Wight People

I feel like Du Bois was more determined. He has a passion to get work done without giving up. He made an act and made a move forward into civil rights. He was wanting to change things and make them better.

Washington had the better strategy of the two because he was focused on equality in the long term. He prioritized safety and social success for African Americans, and was popular enough with the government that he had political sway with the people in power. Du Bois' plan would have put African Americans in more danger than they were already in because they would be openly voicing their opinion that opposed the majority.

Katelyn P - Both Washington and Du Bois had good intentions with their plans. Washington wanted an economical approach that would appeal to white Southerners so that they would see the financial income African Americans can withhold in order to be equal to them. Du Bois wanted a more direct approach to follow what the exact objective was for African American rights. If there is one I would think had a better plan for civil rights, it would probably be Du Bois’s plan. As said, his vision was more directed towards what African Americans wanted, which was higher education with the ability to influence and make thoughtful decisions. A flaw with Washington’s plan is that it’s dependent on whether Americans will turn their view on their beliefs when African Americans have proven they’re deserving of it. There’s a chance that African Americans wouldn’t be seen more than what their economical status is and that’s all their person is based on, not necessarily their actual social individualism. I think the point of social equality isn’t to conform to what others want in order to be accepted, but more so to accept the differences of a person while not viewing them any lesser or greater than anyone else. The beliefs that many Americans had on African Americans were one-sided at the time, however, there usually needs to be a direct stance and footing in order to cause change, which is why persistence is a powerful tool in an approach like Du Bois’s.

I believe that Washington's approach was more appropriate at the time. The African American population at the time was majorly represented by freed slaves, and many white people, especially from the south, still saw them as inferior. The transition from racism to equality doesn't happen as quick as a snap of your fingers. It takes time for people who spent their whole lives as racists to change, and Washington knew that. Washington understood that it would take a long time, and formed his plan based upon that knowledge. Overall, I believe that Washington's approach was the most effective plan, given the time period.

While I think DuBois's plan would be better today, but Washington's fit the time period. He knew that African Americans could only advance through society if they were hard-working Americans. No one will respect someone who doesn't work, by giving them a chance to make their own income they could earn respect.

Booker T. Washington and W. E. B. Du Bois both presented arguments for methods for African Americans to gain civil rights. While Du Bois had a more aggressive stance on a method to gain civil rights by higher education, Washinton's method would likely begin working sooner and would allow African Americans to gain an economic foothold by doing what they know best. In addition, Washington's plan would not give a whole bunch of power to African Americans initially as to not strike fear into the white southerners. However, with education comes power, and power is what the African American communities needed in the long term to gain rights more quickly. There is no one method that would work best or that was better than the other. The ideal plan would be to take aspects of both Washington and Du Bois' plans and implement them as to gain civil rights as quickly as possible and without conflict.

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I believe that Booker t Washington had a better plan to embrace the hard-working Americans and push for an industrial education so that they could keep black Americans occupied in having jobs to further our economy.