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    • What was the situation for African Americans in 1865?
      Just passed the law that banned slavery, the south were still able to supress African Americans with Jim Crow Laws.
      Violence was at a high against AA's with the KKK and Lynching
    • What was the position of African Americans in 1992?
      They had equaller rights, desegregated schools, more equal workplace and had gained the vote.
      They still didn't have politics (From their not having had a black president) and Police Brutality (The Rodney King affair)
    • What did Washington believe that African Americans should do to help them gain civil rights?

      Wanted improved education from the blacks and overall accomodation
    • What did Dubois believe that African Americans should do?

      Political protest - fighting for rights
    • What was wrong with Dubois organisation, the Niagara Movement?

      Too Intellectual for average African Americans
    • What was set up in 1908 and what was its aim?

      NAACP - Fight legally for equality
    • What did Ida B Wells do to help African Americans gain civil rights?

      Journalism - speak out about lynching
    • What did T Thomas Fortune do to help African Americans gain civil rights?

      Editor for a black newspaper - wanted them to fight for themselves
    • Name the four ways the African Americans responded in the period 1877-1915. 

      • Political Protest
      • Accomodation
      • Co-operation
      • Migration
    • Name three factors were preventing the equality of Black Americans after reconstruction.
      • Racism
      • KKK
      • Jim Crow laws
    • What does the NAACP stand for?

      National Association for the Advancement of Colored People.
    • Who helped set up the NAACP? 

      W.E.B. Du Bois + Ida B Wells
    • What was the KKK?

      White supremacist cult (Klu Klux Klan)
    • What was the Harlem Renaissance?

      Black talent - culture and intellect in Harlem
    • What does the UNIA stand for?

      Universal Negro Improvement Association
    • What was the Black Star Line?

      Ship incorporation created by Marcus Garvey
    • What category did Marcus Garvey fall into?

      Migration
    • What is the definition for Black Power?
      Black people in this country to unite, to recognize their heritage, and to build a sense of community.
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