W.E.B Du and Booker T. Washington

 W.E.B Du Bois

W.E.B. Du Bois:
         W.E. B Du Bois like any reformer fought against things that were injustice and also fought for freedom. He was born in Great Barrington, Massachusetts, on February 23, 1868. When Du Bois was in high school he began to be uneasy about how his race was developing into society. He began to notice how in his neighborhood there had been signs of racism. He took his first trip to the south, to Nashville, Tennessee. He furthered his education at Fisk for three years and there too he witnessed discrimination. This is when he became a writer and editor.

Booker T. Washington 

Booker T. Washington:
Booker T. Washington was born a mulatto slave born in Franklin County, on April 5th, 1856. His mother was the slave of James Burroughs and his father was a white man. Booker T.'s mentor was Sammuel Armstrong believed that the freed slaves should have an education. Booker T. Washington believed that as well. He also beleived that they needed to have an education before going into politics. Washington was able to build a school with a loan from Hampton Agriculture Institute. In 1888 the school covered and owned five hundred forty acres and had over four hundred students. The school had many good teachers; for example Olivia Davidson, who was later assistant principal.