opportunities for black African americans

• In which area of America did African Americans have a better chance of getting a good job and a decent education?

  the north
• Which university had been set up exclusively for Black African Americans?

  howard university
• What was the name of the famous Black African American singer and actor?

  Paul robeson
• Robeson was a qualified lawyer, why did he become a singer?

  because he faced racial barriers when he practiced law
• The African American neighborhood of Harlem in New York became the centre of the Harlem renaissance
• Who flourished in the atmosphere of the Harlem Renaissance?

  African American writers and artists
• What did the NAACP stand for?

  national association for the advancement of coloured people
• How many members did the NAACP have by 1919?

  90K
• What did the NAACP campaign to end?

  Racial segregation laws and to get laws passed against lynching
• The NAACP did not make much headway at the time, but the number of lynchings did fall