2. Why did Booker T. Washington believe

that African Americans should not pursue

a liberal arts education?

According to Booker T. Washington, Liberal arts is a subject that needs a deep study of philosophy and one should have an eye for the details and research techniques.

Explanation:

Therefore liberal arts is made for the intellectual students who can understand and relate to the historic aspects as they belonged to the same Elite society. He trusted in training in the artworks, modern and cultivating abilities and the development of the excellencies of persistence, venture and frugality.

The African Americans on the other hand were not considered elite and hence he said it shouldn't be studied by them. This, he stated, would win the regard of whites and lead to African Americans being completely acknowledged as residents and coordinated into all strata of society.