 Due to all the experience Rudd got from working for the newspaper industry and the ACT, he later found himself working many jobs including business manager, accountant, inventor, and teacher.After a while, Rudd started to notice that change for equality towards African Americans was moving at a very slow pace and decided to accept Booker T. Washington’s self-help philosophy.That philosophy emphasized creating and building up businesses instead of the faith and churches, to achieve maximum economic advancement toward growth and change.