In this essay you will read numerous similarities and differences between these two gentlemen. Their names are Booker T. Washington and WEB DuBois. But before I explain the differences between these two gentlemen, I will give you a more in-depth background on each of them. This information I will provide will give you a clearer idea of ​​how they were raised and their beliefs. Booker T. Washington was born on April 5, 1856, in Hale's Ford, Virginia. Washington's generation was the last to be born into slavery. He was an African-American educator, author, orator, and advisor to United States presidents. These gentlemen attended Hampton University and Virginia Union University. During that time Washington rose to national prominence with a speech in 1895 in Atlanta. His speech consisted of how African Americans could make progress in the South. Washington believed that progress could be made through entrepreneurship and education. He also believed that Jim Crow segregation and blacks not being able to vote should not have been a challenge at the time. Overall Booker T. Washington supported segregation at this time because he knew that blacks would soon be treated better.WEB DuBois was born on February twenty-third, 1868, in Great Barrington, Massachusetts. Great Barrington, Massachusetts was a town of freemen, where African Americans were given the opportunity to own land and live a better life. He attended Fisk University in Nashville, Tennessee from 1885 to 1888. While attending this college, this was DuBois's first time going to the South and he faced segregation. After graduating from F...... half paper...... rights for blacks too. Washington was known for his famous “Atlanta Compromise” speech. Each of Washington's speeches moved on many and caused changes but not server changes like DuBois's. Works cited "Booker T. Washington Biography". Bio.com. A&E Networks Television and Web. February 17, 2014."NAACP History: WEB Dubois." NAACP. Np, nd Web. 15 February 2014.PBS. PBS and Web. February 16, 2014. National Park Service. . 2/1/2014. . 02/18/2014Yale-New Haven Teachers Institute. . 2014. . 02/18/2014W.EB DuBois. . 02/13/2014. . 02/18/2014The rise and fall of Jim Crow. . 2002. . 2/18/2014