“The Diverging Paths of Black Activism: Evaluating Strategies for Progress Against Racism in the Jim Crow South”

“With the segregation of the Jim Crow South came voter disfranchisement and racial violence. Given the massive white resistance to the social and political advancement of African Americans, black leaders often disagreed with each other over the best way to move forward. Judging from these selections from two very prominent activists, who had better ideas in making progress against racism and why?”