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King Beef
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He was an American educator, author and leader of the African American community. He was freed from slavery as a child, gained an education, and as a young man was appointed to lead a teachers' college for black Americans. From this position of leadership he rose into a nationally prominent role as spokesman for his race. He was a pragmatist and an accomodationist, and as such won friends in high places who helped him further his agenda of education for African Americans. *note i got this from wikipedia :DD*
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He is also the founder of the National Negro Business League, a contributing 'founder' of the NAACP, and a later to be discovered, financial contributor to the legal and social rights of African Americans. He is often considered to have been overly optimistic to the immediate response of society to African Americans newly earned rights, however.
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I must point out that he was not a founder of the NAACP. That was an outgrowth of the Niagara Movement (1905), headed by W. E. B. DuBois, and was founded in 1909. Washington founded Tuskegee Institute and believed that blacks would eventually gain full civil rights, including education, by showing themselves to be responsible, reliable American citizens. Du Bois wanted immediate end to racial discrimination, and recognition of human brotherhood. Washington favored vocational training and assimilation in American society whereas Du Bois favored liberal arts and immediate educational opportunities.
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