Place students into pairs, and give each pair the following critique of Washington’s work by W.E.B. DuBois.

• “Of Mr. T. Washington and Others” from the Souls of Black Folk by W.E.B. DuBois

Students should use the OPCVL document analysis protocol to analyze their assigned source, and should prepare a short oral presentation to the class to summarize their analyses. After each pair shares their analysis, ask the class the following questions and facilitate a closing discussion:

• How do the ideas of Booker T. Washington compare and contrast with those of W.E.B. DuBois and other Black thinkers at the time?
• To what extent was Booker T. Washington’s approach to race relations “accommodationist”? 
• How should historians evaluate the legacy of Booker T. Washington, given these critiques?