Family and socio-economic background

Booker T. Washington

W.E.B. Du Bois

Throughout his life Booker T. Washington had three wives, and had three children

Mr. Du Bois was married once, and had three children with his wife.

Born into slavery in 1856, Mr. Washington had experienced racism his entire life.

Father left him at a young age, he and his mother were poor, but his mother insisted on his education.