Booker T. Washington and W.E.B DuBois: Crash Course Black American History #22

Thank you for showing that photograph of Booker T Washington and Taft. I have a photograph of my Evangelical Bible Thumping White Republican great great grandfather who was the president of Chatham Women's college with Taft as they spoke to the students promoting women's rights.

I wish there was more discussion about WEB DuBois, his favorable views (like the New York Times, and many other progressive Democrats) of fascism and even Nazi Germany, the Soviet Union and Maoism. And I wish there was more discussion of what became of DuBois and Ghana, which was founded upon his and MLK's ideals and immediately devolved into totalitarianism, where dissent and dissenting parties were outlawed.

Ghana then was taken over by a string of dictators, and has only been a stable democracy for a few years now. Meanwhile, the United States and our republic has been stable for 160 thank God.

DuBois has had many positive impacts on our American journey, but I think time has proven "dyed in the wool Republican" Frederick Douglass who rejected socialism as "utter nonsense" and Booker T Washington more right, and DuBois as very misguided whose Big Government ideas lead to totalitarianism.

Thank you for this

Thank you for this post. I personally and professionally agree with Mr. Washington’s approach. I was appalled when I learned of the “Talented 10th” philosophy.

Great video bruh

Well done , thank you for this offering - it helped Me put several things into modern perspective . GD

This video is great. American history is black history.

Outstanding presentation!

This whole series helped me in my African American class!! I really enjoy watching these videos.

Booker T. Washington was objectively more correct in his approach. Change my mind.

Really appreciate the lighthearted comment about your toddler becoming a chicken. Also, kudos for saying it with a straight face.

Thanks you alot this video helped me and my friend a lot about go crazy in our English Class

I am grateful that these two men paved the way for us to be successful black Americans through jobs and education, we are able to excel from poverty. We have come a long way in America and I am ever so grateful. We have the tools to be successful and no one is holding us back any longer! It's sad that in some countries they do not have these privileges which is why I say these men deserve standing ovations and job well done!

Excellently and elegantly contrasted. Great video

So my privileged white butt caught myself casually making a dismissive comment towards the month of February being Black History Month and I was ashamed of my words with a lack of a profound knowledge of the slavery times in America so I decided it would behoof of me to gain said knowledge and that is how I came across this crash course and all I can say is I love the way you teach and the benefit these videos have already started having on my life. Thank you for your time and your gift of knowledge. May God be with us all.

Great video. Thanks for sharing

Thank you for giving Booker T. a fair shake here. He often gets a great deal of unwarranted negativity directed towards him.

Thats a lotta chiken

I know the "what is philosophy" examples at the beginning of the video were meant to be a joke (at least I hope), but I think a more serious explanation of what philosophy is was in order there, since many people have the misconception that philosophy is just empty speculation. Philosophy, including the works of black philosophers, is very consequential, and fascinating.

Congratulations black man on a PhD

both of them are awesome folk!

Always thought it was pronounced DuBwah

I still sometimes agree with Booker T. Washington about integration. Integration was a blessing in the sense that we have the opportunity to socialize with other groups of races. But under segregation we were forced to buy black — use black banks, use black buses, buy from black stores, etc. And the business owners in our community benefited as a result. As opposed to now: more people are willing to buy white bc it’s more accessible and we mess up the businesses of our own communities and complain against them.

Thanks for this Clint, showing it to my students today.

The debate about whether college is important is still a factor today. Even though attending technical schools are very popular, the college degree still quite a bit of status in comparison. It all depends on what you value the most-money or a degree.

In high school we watched crash course a lot and I was glad that resource was available to me then. The fact that it has expanded to having a Black American history series is truly amazing and I am so glad a resource like is available for free in the internet for anyone to learn from.

Very balanced presentation.

We see from the many examples of desctruction of black communities like Tulsa St Bernard Parish Opelousas Thibadaux etc...That asking them to leave us alone to do our own thing wasn't going to ever work

If black progress comes from valuing different points of view, if black politics and philosophy, etc. were NOT monolithic, and that's a good thing - then why are blacks soooooooo intolerant of any views outside of those endorsed and pushed by the Democratic party? Why not only the lack of support for Sowell or Larry Elder, but the hateful attacks on them?

Movie uncle tom 2 brought be here to see the difference between them. I can tell you like debois though he destroyed the black community with communism.

It's been awhile since high school, so this is exactly the kind of refresher I needed as I wonder, at 11:30 pm: now what was that tiff between Washington and Dubois about, again....?

Could you make an episode covering some of the greatest black scientists?

I highly recommend "I am a Black American" by William "Smokey" Robinson. One can be a black American and be proud of both.

Library of America has issued two volumes of the writings of W. E. B. Du Bois.

Great balance and focused perspective.
Thank you

Thanks you so much! As a foreign grad student trying to understand the basics in American history, this series is a great resource for me! And this video is so clearly articulated.

I love that first day viewership has been creeping upward, everyone needs this series not because its an American story, but because its a human one.

This is great.

I'm enjoying this series immensely and learning quite a bit. Thank you for all the hard work that goes into creating each video.

I think it says a lot about a person when later in life they are able to see that some of their earlier views were not as progressive or helpful as they initially thought, when they change their mind. I get the impression that we're conditioned to think that changing your mind is a sign of weakness and being fickle or an opportunist; whereas it should be that if you have new information or new insight, you can and probably should change your opinion or stance.

Washington's failing was probably in his idealism. His ideas might have had merit if we could assume that people's attitudes towards race and acceptances has their foundations in logic. But even cursory examination shows that was certainly not the case.

Really really enjoyed this episode. Thank you.

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The divergent views of these two men is similar to those of Martin Luther King and Malcolm X. They both wanted equality but each chose a separate path to obtain it.
As recent events are a stark reminder, neither achieved their goal.

why didnt u compare Marcus Garvey instead of Booker ? they go throgh similar points and Garvey actualy lived at the same period of Dubois

Not americans but my wife and I are just blown away by this series every week, it’s just excellent and should be part of the national curriculum.

This whole series has been so eye opening!

They were both correct in their philosophy. Too much emphasis was put into integration that helped contribute to the economic dependency on the white population for employment. While at the same time, white supremacy was literally burning down and dropping bombs on successful communities, such as Tulsa, OK.

Thanks again! Truly informative. Please keep up the content/series

My question is why is WE Dubois thought of as the softer version of the black thinkers of the early 1900s? I feel that he was a bit more radical than Booker T Washington?