The connection between Oscar __________ and George __________ ...

[ishan]

The connection between Oscar __________ and George __________ includes the fact that both were black U.S. congressmen separated by 27 years of service, reflecting a profound gap in black office holding in the history of Congress.
 
  Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).

Question 2

What were Booker T. Washington's views on how to improve blacks' situation? How did he contradict these views at times?
 
  What will be an ideal response?

[mochi09]

Answer to Question 1

Answer: DePriest, White

Answer to Question 2

Ideal Answer: The ideal answer should:
1. Define Booker T. Washington as the major spokesman for black America during the era. A former slave, he attended Hampton Institute and later founded the Tuskegee Institute, an all-black college in Alabama that became the model for black education during the late 1800s and early 1900s.
2. Explain that his program of racial uplift included a focus on industrial and vocational education, accommodation to white needs for segregation, and a patient philosophy regarding agitation for political civil rights.
3. Conclude that Washington contradicted these views on many occasions when he agitated for the expansion of the vote for blacks, in the wake of race riots, and note he also led a secret campaign of anonymous letter writing to newspapers expressing a much more civil-rights orientated approach to solving racism.

[ishan]

Great answer, keep it coming

[bdobbins]

Thanks for the timely response, appreciate it