Similarities between and martin luther king and w.e.b. dubois

The Influence of One Man

After slavery was abolished, African Americans worked to integrate into mainstream American society. During the twentieth century many African American civil rights leaders led the African American civil rights movement. All of them had different ideas and approaches to further improve the status for the African American individual in attempt to gain civil equality. The pioneer civil rights leaders of the twentieth century were Booker T. Washington and W.E.B. Dubois.

Question:What major ideas did the framers of the Constitution borrow from past documents?
They borrowed from the Magna Carta by limiting the king's power. They also borrowed from the Bill of Rights, which also limited the power of government and empowered the people.