What is the author’s argument? What should black Americans do in response to the onset of Jim Crow laws?

How did/should black Americans respond to Jim Crow?

Read the following articles:

• Booker T. Washington’s “Atlanta Exposition”
• W.E.B. DuBois’s “Souls of Black Folk.”

Write two paragraphs for each man/document. Make sure you address the following for each one:

1. What is the author’s argument? What should black Americans do in response to the onset of Jim Crow laws?
2. Briefly summarize why each man feels that way. What are his reasons for suggesting what he does?