ent was of unprecedented significance in the history of postwar southern racial politics. Washington used the opportunity to present in eloquent form his philosophy of harmony through economic cooperation. His appeal was double appreciated at the exposition, as it promised both racial calm and much needed economic vitality in the impoverished South. Washington was given a standing ovation.Washington faced growing black and white liberal oppositions in the Niagara Movement and the NAACP(1909-) demanding civil rights and encouraging protest in response to white aggression such as lynching, disfranchisement, and segregation laws. Washington did try and ague that un fair laws towards blacks and death penalty's were wrong. But his national influence had declined because of the administrations of US Presidents William Howard Tarf and Woodrow Wilson and no one would listen. Even his own race turned against him. The NAACP and W. E. DU Bois disagreed with Washington's dream. They felt that racial equality via the economic independence of blacks was impossible as long as blacks lacked the capacity to protest at the ballot box. The Tuskegee Institute emphasis on small-scale farming and artisan skills was of little use at a time of exploding industrialization. Furthermore there were less and less jobs in the south so blacks migrated north.In conclusion, Booker T. Washington was a remarkable man. He worked really hard in life and has a lot to show for it. He rose up from slavery, created the Tuskegee Normal and Industrial Institute, and helped an enormous amount of his students become something in life. Booker had a big heart. Not only did he do something with himself but he came back to his community and his other schools and helped them also. The money he raised was incredible. He is a prime example to anyone who feels as though they cannot do anything with their life. Washington didn't let discrimination, segregation, or money get in the way of ...
