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African American Rights Progressive Era
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African American Rights. Progressive Era. Why is this so important?. Booker T. Washington. Very influential Wanted to cooperate with white people Educated Promoted equality Supporter of integration Philosophy was self-help. W.E.B. Dubois. Scholar and political thinker - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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African American RightsProgressive Era
Why is this so important?
Booker T. Washington● Very influential● Wanted to cooperate with white people● Educated● Promoted equality● Supporter of integration● Philosophy was self-help
W.E.B. Dubois
● Scholar and political thinker● Advocated political action● Supported protests
Ida B. Wells
● Anti-lynching crusader● Women’s suffrage● Lynching was used to control/punish blacks● Gathered information on lynching incidents
Niagara Movement
● Started in 1905 by W.E.B. Dubois in Niagara Falls, New York.
● Called for political, civil, and social rights for black Americans.○ Different than the Atlanta Compromise by Booker. T
Washington● Marked the beginning of the NAACP
● Manifesto was written- called for full civil liberties, abolition of racial discrimination, and recognition of human brotherhood.
NAACP- National Association of the Advancement of Colored People● Created in 1909 by an interracial group that included:
○ W.E.B. Dubois and Ida B. Wells.Fought For:
○ Abolition of segregation○ Discrimination in housing○ Education ○ Employment○ Voting○ Transportation○ To oppose racism○ To ensure African Americans their constitutional
rights
The Great Migration
● 6 million African Americans relocated from the rural South to urban cities in the North, Midwest, and West.
● Problems in the South○ Unsatisfactory economic opportunities ○ Segregationist laws
● Urban Life○ Poor working conditions○ Limited living space○ Racism and Prejudice
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