Who leadafrican american schism early twentieth century to join larger society or to support intrinsic values?

Question

In the early 20th cent, some African Americans sought to enter general society (in order to beat-whites-at-their-own-game) while other african americans sought to remain a separate faction of American society (in order to advance traditional black-values). Who were the leaders of these 2 sides?

Answer 1

Booker T Washington was the leader of the "join general society" faction, while WEB DuBois was the leader of the "black identity" faction.

Here is a course at Yale on exactly that topic. It provides a good outline of the debate and a good reading list.
http://www.cis.yale.edu/ynhti/curriculum/units/1978/2/78.02.02.x.html