William Edward Burgardt African American Leading...

William Edward Burgardt was an African-American leading sociologist, writer, and activist (Staff, 2009). He was educated at Harvard University, as well as, other top schools (Staff, 2009). William studied with some of the best social thinkers of his time (Staff, 2009). He rose to fame with his publication of such works as Souls Black Folk that was created in 1903 (Staff, 2009). Furthermore, he was one of the founders for the NAACP, or the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, who also had their own magazine, and Dubious helped with the editing of the magazine (Staff, 2009). William was a teacher at various universities, such as: Wilberforce University, and Atlanta University as well as, a chair for the Peace information Center (Staff, 2009). Du Bois and Washington has quite the rivalry over the racial uplift. Furthermore, Brooker T. Washington was another leader of the African- American leaders of the 19th and the 20th Century (Brooker T. Washington, 2015). He w as the founder of Tuskegee University (Brooker T. Washington, 2015). Brooker put himself through school, and became a teacher (Brooker T. Washington, 2015).. However, the Tuskegee University he founded focused on training African-American s with their agricultural pursuits (Brooker T. Washington, 2015). Washington however, clashed with Du Bois over the best ways for racial uplift (Brooker T. Washington, 2015). There was quite a rivalry between Du Bois and Washington, and it was evident to