The Difference Between W.E.B DuBois and Booker T. Washington's Philosophies DuBois and Washington's philosophy's differed in many ways. Washington felt that Negroes must learn to do useful and practical things. While DuBois believed in higher education of a "Talented Tenth" who through their knowledge of modern culture could guide the American Negro into a higher civilization. W.E.B. DuBois was the most influential critic of Booker T. Washington's policy of racial accommodation and gradualism. He showed a genuine concern for the development of his race and a determination to expedite freedom for his people from discrimi