W. E. B. Du Bois
A)opposed Booker T. Washington's accommodationist philosophy with regard to race relations.
B)encouraged the African American community to compromise with white racists.
C)opposed the organization of the NAACP.
D)called for segregation of the races.
E)supported black nationalism.

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W. E. B. Du Bois strongly opposed Booker T. Washington's philosophy of accommodationism, which advocated for African Americans to accept segregation and discrimination in exchange for economic opportunities. Du Bois believed in demanding full civil rights and equality, which ultimately led to the founding of the NAACP. He was also a proponent of the "talented tenth" theory, which held that a small group of educated African Americans could uplift the entire race. A and B are contradictory, and the other answer choices are incorrect.