Question

The excerpt below is from the General Introduction to Tuskegee and Its People by Booker T. Washington:

Answer 1

The correct answer is c. Their successes and failures in industry will bring attention to racial and civil rights issues.

Indeed, Booker T. Washington was convinced that the emergency of an African American elite would show white Americans that blacks were as capable of academic and professional excellent as anyone else. Such example would greatly infirm segregationist theories that posited that African Americans as a group were incapable of function successfully in America due to their cultural or intellectual “inferiority”. Additionally, booker also intended for Tuskegee graduates to inspire other African Americans to get a higher education and join the struggle for civil rights.

Answer 2

Based on the given excerpt above, Washington conclude that the graduates of Tuskegee Normal and Industrial Institute will influence America by their successes and failures in the industry will bring attention to racial and civil rights issues. The correct answer would be option C.