Analysis of the Clash Over the Issues Between Booker T. Washington and W.E.B. Du Bois.

When the slaves were freed at the end of the Civil War African-Americans sought leadership from other African-Americans. They were looking for direction in a time of chaos and confusion. They found this much-needed leadership in Booker T. Washington and W.E.B. Du Bois. While they were both outspoken leaders, Washington and Du Bois had very different views on how African-Americans should assimilate into society. In his book, Analysis of the Clash Over the Issues Between Booker T. Washington and W.E.B. Du Bois, Thomas Harris argues that Washington and Du Bois both had very different views, but that each was right in his own way about how African-Americans should build a community. Through his study of these two men, Harris intends to explain the issues that separated the two men and to explain why they both played important roles in the plight of African-Americans today.
Harris begins by explaining the geographic, political, social and economic position of African-Americans in the post...