It was "Booker T Washington" who started school in Alabama where black children could learn skills such as shoemaking and farming, since he believed this was a way in which this children could eventually advance in society.
Pink-collar worker - The one who is working in the care-oriented career field that is traditionally considered to be women’s work which may include jobs in nursing, secretarial jobs, teaching, waitressing or child care that pay significantly less than other white-collar or blue-collar jobs.
According to the US Census the number of slaves reported as fugitives in free states in 1850 was 1,011. That number represented 1 in 3,165 slaves. The annual loss to slaveholders had increased over the years which was exacerbated by the north’s reluctance to return runaways. The Fugitive Slave Act of 1850 replaced the weakened fugitive Slave Act of 1793 which faced increased resistance from northern states. The new act added provisions for harsher punishment and fines for those who interfered in the capture of a runaway slave as well as gave incentives to those who captured escapees.
"Diaspora" means the dispersion of a people with an ancestral origin from a common homeland. Historically, African diaspora people were at odds with the question of what it meant to be black. Two of the main black intellectual voices into the questions of Black Identity were Booker T Washington and W.E.B. Dobois.These black thinkers explored and contextualized the important issues of the diaspora : sociological, anthropological, and philosophical debates on issues of race, gender, and belonging.
However, they sharply disagreed on their views. Du Bois's advocated Pan-Africanism, the belief that all people of African descent had common interests and therefore should all work together for their freedom in civil rights. He was in favor of black nationalism by refusing to accept legal segregation. He also criticized that Washington's popularity in the white community hindered other strategies towards racial equality. Booker T Washington, on the other hand, suggested that African Americans should accept segregation and the denial of the right to vote. According to Washington, Black Identity was to be achieved by working towards progress in business and technical education.
