What Did Booker T

Multiple Choice

What did Booker T. Washington believe was the best way for blacks to improve their status in the United States?

A) They should struggle militantly against all forms of racial discrimination in order to gain educational opportunity.
B) They should form a nationwide council to work for federal laws against lynching.
C) They should accommodate themselves to segregation and disfranchisement while at the same time working hard and proving their economic value to society.
D) They should migrate to the cities and open shops and other small businesses.
E) They should leave the United States and return to their African origins.