The history of African American education is complex, but the brief outline of the W.E.B. Du Bois and Booker T. Washington conflicts help to illustrate the emotions and ideas involved in this significant piece of history. W.E.B. DuBois was the first African American to receive a Ph.D. from Harvard. He was a founder of the NAACP and a successful writer. He is credited with writing nineteen books in his lifetime …showed first 75 words of 581 total…

…showed last 75 words of 581 total…shifted the concentration to the north (Clark 245). The conflict between the two leaders spanned many years and several topics, but they both made significant changes in the lives of the African American through hard work and solid belief. Although, their approach was vastly different their work will be immortalized in the history books forever. Works Cited: The Negro Since Emancipation, Edited by Harvey Wish 1964. Afican American Political Thought, Clark, pg. 244-245. Prepared by Sarah Wright