Which leader in the early 1900s supported the idea that African Americans should temporarily accept inequality while working to gain job skills and obtain economic independence?

Booker T. Washington argued that African Americans should focus on vocational training, skilled work, and economic independence, even while temporarily accepting segregation and inequality. His approach emphasized building financial stability before demanding full social and political equality. W. E. B. Du Bois, by contrast, called for immediate civil rights and higher education.

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