Both Washington and DuBois were black authors and militants for the causes of their social races, however, they had very different views about the black movement and how the directions of this part of the population should be established in society. In a nutshell Washington defended the maintenance of the "social boat" that was already established where blacks accepted the concept of race inferiority and maintained the attitude of submission, since not everyone would be able to survive in society by themselves.
DuBois, on the other hand, repudiated this position and stated that blacks were not born to be submissive, but that they should be encouraged to seek social equality through the clamor for political power, insistence on civil rights and higher education of black youth.
