History

Read Chapters 20 & 21 and  “Booker T. Washington & W.E.B. DuBois on Black Progress (1895, 1903)”, and respond to the following questions. Make sure to reference specific passages from the document and/or textbook to support your discussion: (200 words total)

• According to Washington, how should African Americans respond to systemic racial discrimination?
• What does Washington mean when he says that the agitation of questions of social equality is the extremest folly?
• What does DuBois think of Washington's plan to uplift African Americans?
• What, according to DuBois, has been the result of following Washington's advice?

Read Chapters 22 & 23 and “Huey P. Long, “Every Man a King” and “Share our Wealth” (1934)”, and respond to the following questions. Make sure to reference specific passages from the document and/or textbook to support your discussion: (200words total)

• What were the most radical aspects of Long's plan?
• Did any of his ideas become reality?
• Upon whose law did Long base his ideas?
• What did Long predict would be the consequences if the nation failed to adopt a program such as his?