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Random Throughout history, many different views have been taken by African American leaders on how to solve the racial injustice that has plagued the African American community ever since they became known as independent citizens in this country. This is shown best by the great differences in methods used by the African American leaders Booker T. Washington, with his more peaceful views and methods, and W.E.B. Dubois, with his more do or die attitude toward the problem. Their contrasting views and some of the words, phrases, and facts they use in their speeches arouse different emotions, such as anger and understanding at times from the audiences they are aimed at. Booker T. Washington was an educator as well as a reformer, and the most influential African American leader of his time. In his speech he preached a philosophy to the African American race of self-help. He urged African Americans to accept discrimination for the time being and concentrate on making themselves better through hard work and education. He believed in education in the crafts, industrial and farming skills to further the African American race and help them prosper. This, he said, would win the respect of whites and lead to African african, american, dubois, speech, people, white, views, different, audience, whites, washington, tries, race, community, words, trying, time, south, should, racial, quote, methods, followers, education, been, americans, throughout, references, peaceful, movement, leaders, john, die, demands, being