Booker T. Washington

Articles discussing Booker T. Washington from The Crisis (1910-1934)

Booker T. Washington (17 articles)

Articles from The Crisis that substantially discuss Booker T. Washington.

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1911 (Jan) Envy In 1911 The Crisis, W.E.B. Du Bois critiques labeling Black leaders’ disagreements as ‘envy,’ arguing race leadership debates deserve principled scrutiny.
1911 (Jun) Starvation and Prejudice 1911 W.E.B. Du Bois in The Crisis argues Washington’s minimization of Southern race wrongs lets prejudice, lynching and disfranchisement threaten democracy.
1913 (Mar) The Fruit of the Tree W.E.B. Du Bois in The Crisis (1913) condemns rhetoric of Black subservience as causing disenfranchisement, segregation and lynching, and calls for resistance.
1914 (Mar) A Crusade In 1914 W.E.B. Du Bois in The Crisis urges a new abolitionist crusade for race justice and democracy, calling for mass organization and support for the NAACP.
1914 (Mar) Lynching In 1914 The Crisis, W.E.B. Du Bois exposes how suppressed reporting masks lynching’s rise, documenting race-based violence and challenging ineffective reforms.
1915 (Jun) Booker T. Washington W.E.B. Du Bois in The Crisis (1915) praises Booker T. Washington’s gains in Black education but faults him for aiding disfranchisement and color caste
1916 (Feb) An Open Letter to Robert Russa Moton W.E.B. Du Bois in The Crisis (1916) urges Tuskegee leader Moton to defend Black voting rights, equal education, and oppose Jim Crow segregation.
1916 (May) Social Equality W.E.B. Du Bois in The Crisis (1916) condemns white Southern efforts to re-enslave and argues education and interracial contact are vital for race equality.
1917 (Mar) The Tuskegee Resolutions In 1917’s The Crisis, W.E.B. Du Bois denounces Tuskegee resolutions for urging Black labor to remain South while ignoring lynching and legal injustice.
1920 (Apr) Persecution In 1920 The Crisis, W.E.B. Du Bois condemns the persecution of educator Roscoe C. Bruce, urging Black Washington to end infighting that harms education.
1921 (Oct) Thomas Jesse Jones W.E.B. Du Bois (The Crisis, 1921) criticizes T. J. Jones for imposing white control over Black education, missions and leadership, urging Black representation.
1922 (May) Social Equality W.E.B. Du Bois in The Crisis 1922 argues for social equality for Black Americans, condemning racial contempt and urging refusal to return hatred.
1927 (Oct) Mencken W.E.B. Du Bois in The Crisis (1927) rebuts Mencken, arguing racial bias and white readership limit Black artists’ themes while the Renaissance endures.
1928 (Nov) The Dunbar National Bank W.E.B. Du Bois, in The Crisis (1928), argues the Dunbar National Bank could democratize capital and empower Black leaders to advance racial democracy via credit.
1932 (Nov) If I Had a Million Dollars: A Review of the Phelps Stokes Fund W.E.B. Du Bois in The Crisis (1932) faults the Phelps Stokes Fund for favoring surveys and white education over Black scholarships and leadership
1933 (Oct) Youth and Age at Amenia W.E.B. Du Bois in The Crisis (1933) reports the Amenia Conference urging youth–age dialogue to make race, labor, education central to democratic economic reform
1934 (May) William Monroe Trotter 1934 The Crisis: W.E.B. Du Bois eulogizes Monroe Trotter, lauds his fight against racial segregation, and warns that organized civil-rights unity can prevail.
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