The Reconstruction Period may have ended slavery, but it also brought about segregation. During this segregation period, many activists took a stand for African American equality. Some of these activists sought out equality with the use of education while other thought that violence was the most effective approach. Two of these activists were Booker T. Washington and W.E.B Dubois. Ideally, one would assume that since Washington has a fine arts school that he would one of the peaceful activist, but that is not how it played out. Both Dubois and Washington had different point of views in regards to African American handling segregation. The Reconstruction Period caused a great deal of pain and discrimination towards African Americans, and Washington
