W and d

W.E.B. Du Bois and Booker T. Washington's Cooperation

By Janel1920

  • Du Bois sends a letter to Washington

    W. E. B. Du Bois sends a letter to Booker T. Washington about a job opening at Tuskegee
  • Period: to

    Ten years of cooperation

  • DuBois declines job offer from Washington

    Washington responds with job offer but Du Bois declines because he has taken a job at Wilberforce University
  • Atlanta Exposition Speech

    Atlanta Exposition Speech

    Booker T. Washington delivers his famous speech (Also known as the Atlanta Compromise speech) in front of a racially mixed Southern audience

  • Du Bois congratulates Washington

    Du Bois writes a letter to congratulate Washington on his speech and praises the speech in the New York Age publication
  • Washington visits Du Bois at Wilberforce

    Washington visits Du Bois at Wilberforce

  • Du Bois sends a second job inquiry

    Du Bois writes to Washington again because he is unsatisfied with his job at Wilberforce

  • Washington offers Du Bois a teaching position

  • Du Bois turns down Washington's second offer

    Du Bois responds three months later to decline Washington's second job offer
  • Period: to

    Du Bois worked in Pennsylvania

    Du Bois gathered census information and other materials for the Philadelphia Negro study and published works in The Atlantic Monthly. He was becoming well known for his work, was elected as vice president of the American Negro academy and lectured in his field.

  • Du Bois begins joins the faculty of Atlanta University

  • Washinton addresses the crowd at the Chicago Peace Jubilee

    With this and other speeches, Washington is being referred to as "The Leader of His Race"

  • Washington skips the Afro-American Council meeting

    Du Bois defends Washinton's action

  • Washington renews job offer to Du Bois

  • Period: to

    Du Bois and Washington work in cooperation

    Both men worked to defeat a racist bill in Georgia that was meant to keep black people from voting
  • Sam Hose lynching

    Sam Hose lynching

    Du Bois hears of Sam Hose lynching in Atlanta, and it shakes him to his core.

  • Washington sends a third job offer

  • Du Bois' son dies

    Du Bois' son dies

    Du Bois' two-year-old son dies of diphtheria because of poor sewage infrastructure and lack of medical care for black people

  • Du Bois organizes meeting

    Du Bois organizes a meeting at Atlanta University focusing on "The Negro in Business"

  • Du Bois responds to Washington's offer

    Du Bois sends a letter to Washington to negotiate terms of a contract and salary for employment

  • Washington renews job offer

  • Washington founds the National Negro Business League

    Washington founds the National Negro Business League

    With assistance from Du Bois, Washington founds the National Negro Business League in Boston
  • Du Bois visits Tuskegee

    Du Bois visits Tuskegee

    He questions whether Tuskegee was really for him and he for Tuskegee and requests a recommendation for a job in Washington D. C.

  • Du Bois requests a recommendation for the second time

  • Washington asks Du Bois not to use his recommendation

  • Washington reneges his recommendation of Du Bois

    Washington reneges his recommendation of Du Bois to Thomas Fortune, and Du Bois feels betrayed

  • Du Bois rejects Washington's 3rd job offer

  • Washinton praises Du Bois in Gunton's Magazine

    Washinton praises Du Bois in Gunton's Magazine

  • Du Bois publishes Souls of Black Folk

    Du Bois publishes Souls of Black Folk

    His text roundly criticizes Washinton

  • Du Bois teaches summer school at Tuskegee

  • Washinton was verbally attacked by Monroe Trotter

  • Du Bois goes to Trotter's home

    Du Bois goes to Trotter's home

    Du Bois' support for Trotter insults Washington

  • Washington stonewalls Du Bois

    Washington begins spying on Du Bois and Trotter and secretly tells others not to trust Du Bois

  • Du Bois resigns from the committee on black causes

  • Du Bois writes an article critical of Tuskegee