What Did Booker T

question 40

Multiple Choice

What did Booker T. Washington believe was the best way for blacks to improve their status in the United States?

• A) They should struggle militantly against all forms of racial discrimination in order to gain educational opportunity.
• B) They should form a nationwide council to work for federal laws against lynching.
• C) They should accommodate themselves to segregation and disfranchisement while at the same time working hard and proving their economic value to society.
• D) They should migrate to the cities and open shops and other small businesses.
• E) They should leave the United States and return to their African origins.

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