african-american progressives honors united states history 8.3
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African-American African-American ProgressivesProgressives
Honors United States History8.3
Turn of the Century Black Turn of the Century Black AmericaAmerica
•Jim Crow Laws
•Poll Taxes
•Literacy Tests
•Segregated Facilities
•Social Practices
•Sharecropping
Enforcement of Jim CrowEnforcement of Jim Crow
• Plessy v. Ferguson (1896)
• White-Controlled Politicians and Law Enforcement
• Ku Klux Klan• Lynching
Birth of a Nation (1915) Birth of a Nation (1915)
The Minstrel ShowThe Minstrel Show
Reinforces and popularizes
black stereotypes
through entertainment.
Fighting Back – Booker T. Fighting Back – Booker T. WashingtonWashington
•Worked to establish vocational training for African-Americans.
•Thought it was too soon for African-Americans to expect full political rights.
•Worked openly with the white establishment.
•Founded Tuskegee Institute.
Fighting Back – W.E.B. Fighting Back – W.E.B. DuBoisDuBois
• Demanded full political rights for blacks immediately.
• First African-American to earn a PhD from Harvard
• Wanted a classical education for African-Americans
• Niagra Movement• Helped found the
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP)
• Urban League
Fighting Back – Marcus Fighting Back – Marcus GarveyGarvey
• Black Nationalist who preached self-reliance
• Founded the Back-to-Africa Movement (Liberia)
• Advocated for black segregation and racial purity.
• Founded Universal Negro Improvement Association (UNIA)
Reducing PrejudiceReducing Prejudice
• Anti-Defamation League– Protects Jews and others from attacks
• Mexican Americans– PLM– mutualistas
• Native Americans– Society of American Indians
• Asian Americans– Takao Ozawa - 1922