Booker T. Washington and W.E.B. DuBois offered differing
philosophies, strategies, and tactics for African Americans
following Reconstruction. In your opinion, which of these leaders
gave the best advice for their times? Why do you feel this way?
Historians have long debated whether Rockefeller, Carnegie,
Morgan, et al., were ORGANIZATIONAL and INDUSTRIAL GENIUSES or
ROBBER BARONS. What do you think? Relatively good men? Incredibly
evil? A little of both, but more one way than the other? Would the
United States have been better off without them? Why, or why
not?