Question

The main debate in setting up colleges and universities for african americans was whether to:

Answer 1

Offer traditional or vocational education (APEX) your welcome :) :D

Answer 2

The main debate occurs because they had three main leaders at the end of the 19th century, each with a somewhat different vision of how to better benefit African Americans:

Frederick Douglass: A radical abolitionist, he opined that blacks lacked the capacity to function as free citizens, and demanded the complete equality of races.

Booker T. Washington: Placed the white establishment in exchange for funds and support for historically black colleges and universities and economic opportunities.

WEB DuBois: I believed in focusing the efforts on the "tenth talented", the ten percent of African-Americans who could benefit better from a formal education, in the hope that their progress will inspire and allow others.