RECONSTRUCTION 1865 1877
THE END OF RECONSTRUCTION AND THE ELECTION OF 1876
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Question
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W.E.B. Du Bois would agree with which statement?
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Vocational education is the best way for African Americans to gain economic equality.
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The most educated African Americans should serve as leaders of the movement for equal rights.
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A gradual approach to gaining rights will be more effective for African Americans in the South.
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African Americans should accept segregation in exchange for better economic and political statuses.
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -Throughout his life Du Bois fought discrimination and racism. He made significant contributions to debates about race, politics, and history in the United States in the first half of the 20th century, primarily through his writing and impassioned speaking on race relations.
Detailed explanation-2: -Du Bois was a prolific author. His collection of essays, The Souls of Black Folk, is a seminal work in African-American literature; and his 1935 magnum opus, Black Reconstruction in America, challenged the prevailing orthodoxy that blacks were responsible for the failures of the Reconstruction Era.
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