Read the excerpt: [Booker T.] Washington represents in Negro thought the old attitude of adjustment and submission. . . .

Mr. Washington distinctly asks that black people give up, at least for the present, three things, —

First, political power,

Second, insistence on civil rights,

Third, higher education of Negro youth

—W. E. B. DuBois

Which conclusion can you draw from this passage about African Americans’ struggle for equality during the Progressive Era?

A.
African Americans were willing to forgo equality for the greater good of progressivism.
B.
African Americans were not unified on the strategies to use in the fight for equality.
C.
Equality in higher education for African Americans was not a focus for progressives.
D.
Progressives believed that true equality for African Americans was impossible.