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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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