Useful Links
Biography
https://www.tuskegee.edu/discover-tu/tu-presidents/booker-t-washington
Short Biography
https://docsouth.unc.edu/fpn/washington/bio.html
Booker T. Washington and the 'Atlanta Compromise'
https://nmaahc.si.edu/explore/stories/booker-t-washington-and-atlanta-compromise
Primary Sources
Atlanta Compromise 1895
https://www.learningforjustice.org/classroom-resources/texts/atlanta-compromise-1895
An Autobiography. The Story of My Life and Work:
Electronic Edition. Booker T. Washington, 1856-1915
https://docsouth.unc.edu/neh/washstory/washin.html
Up From Slavery: An Autobiography:
Electronic Edition. Booker T. Washington (1856-1915)
https://docsouth.unc.edu/fpn/washington/washing.html
Booker T. Washington on the Reaction to his Atlanta Compromise Speech
http://historymatters.gmu.edu/d/87
Booker T. Washington: A Resource Guide
https://guides.loc.gov/booker-t-washington/digital-resources
(1896) Booker T. Washington, “Democracy and Education”
https://www.blackpast.org/african-american-history/speeches-african-american-history/1896-booker-t-washington-democracy-and-education/
Booker T. Washington, “Industrial Education for the Negro” 1903 (primary source excerpt)
https://www.aip.org/sites/default/files/history/teaching-guides/historical-detective-edward-bouchet/Historical%20Detective%20Edward%20Bouchet_Primary%20Source%20Excerpt%20Washington.pdf
https://www.learningforjustice.org/classroom-resources/texts/atlanta-compromise-1895
An Autobiography. The Story of My Life and Work:
Electronic Edition. Booker T. Washington, 1856-1915
https://docsouth.unc.edu/neh/washstory/washin.html
Up From Slavery: An Autobiography:
Electronic Edition. Booker T. Washington (1856-1915)
https://docsouth.unc.edu/fpn/washington/washing.html
Booker T. Washington on the Reaction to his Atlanta Compromise Speech
http://historymatters.gmu.edu/d/87
Booker T. Washington: A Resource Guide
https://guides.loc.gov/booker-t-washington/digital-resources
(1896) Booker T. Washington, “Democracy and Education”
https://www.blackpast.org/african-american-history/speeches-african-american-history/1896-booker-t-washington-democracy-and-education/
Booker T. Washington, “Industrial Education for the Negro” 1903 (primary source excerpt)
https://www.aip.org/sites/default/files/history/teaching-guides/historical-detective-edward-bouchet/Historical%20Detective%20Edward%20Bouchet_Primary%20Source%20Excerpt%20Washington.pdf
Classroom Resources
Lesson
https://www.gilderlehrman.org/history-resources/lesson-plan/comparison-ideas-booker-t-washington-and-w-e-b-du-bois
Essential Question: Which of the two views presented below, W.E.B. Du Bois’ or Booker T. Washington’s, offered a better strategy to put our nation on a quicker path to equality for African Americans at the turn of the twentieth century?
Documents
Strategies for Change
Central Historical Question: How did the philosophies of Booker T. Washington and W.E.B. Du Bois compare?
https://sheg.stanford.edu/history-lessons/booker-t-washington-and-w-e-b-du-bois
Teacher Materials
https://sheg.stanford.edu/sites/default/files/download-pdf/Washington%20and%20Du%20Bois%20Teacher%20Materials.pdf
Question about the Atlanta Compromise speech
Source-Dependent Questions
https://www.gilderlehrman.org/history-resources/lesson-plan/comparison-ideas-booker-t-washington-and-w-e-b-du-bois
Essential Question: Which of the two views presented below, W.E.B. Du Bois’ or Booker T. Washington’s, offered a better strategy to put our nation on a quicker path to equality for African Americans at the turn of the twentieth century?
Documents
- Booker T. Washington, 1895 Atlanta Compromise Speech, History Matters, George Mason University
- Excerpt from W.E.B. Du Bois, Souls of Black Folk, 1903, History Matters, George Mason University
- Marcus Garvey, "The Conspiracy of the East St. Louis Riots," July 8, 1917, PBS
Strategies for Change
- Students will examine differing accounts on the best method for African Americans to achieve equality and integration into American society by reading and summarizing the arguments of Booker T. Washington and W. E. B. Du Bois
- Students will practice civil discourse by following the Structured Academic Controversy model of debate.
Central Historical Question: How did the philosophies of Booker T. Washington and W.E.B. Du Bois compare?
https://sheg.stanford.edu/history-lessons/booker-t-washington-and-w-e-b-du-bois
Teacher Materials
https://sheg.stanford.edu/sites/default/files/download-pdf/Washington%20and%20Du%20Bois%20Teacher%20Materials.pdf
Question about the Atlanta Compromise speech
Source-Dependent Questions
- What did Booker T. Washington ask of the African-American members of his audience? What did he ask of the white members of his audience?
- According to Washington, what did African Americans in the South need to do to achieve economic and social equality? How would you characterize this approach? Use evidence from the speech to characterize it.
- Many African Americans agreed with Washington's approach, yet many others were very critical of it, referring to the speech as the "Atlanta Compromise." Defend each side of the debate using evidence from the speech.