African-Americans at the turn of the 20th century

By teeghanleach1

  • BOOKER T. WASHINGTON

    BOOKER T. WASHINGTON
    1. Spokes person for African- Americans.
    2. Founded Tuslegee University which grew and focused training African-Americans in ag. He beileved that is African Amerians worked hard and obtain finachale independeacne and cultural advancment they would win acceplane and respect from whites.

  • W.E.B Dubious

    W.E.B Dubious
    1. W.E.B was widely recognized as a significant figure for his pursiut of social justice for his literal immigrantion and pionerring scholary research. In 1905, was known for "The Individual and Social Conscience"
    2. He gave up the idea of evintual racial unite perhaps disstressful now or white capitals and politicans. he challenge imperialism in Africa and sit out to get of most white members of N.A.A.C.P

  • JIM CROW LAWS

    JIM CROW LAWS
    (1876-1965)
    1.Mandated all racial segergation in publc places in southern states of the former confederate.
    2. Led to condition for African- American that were infier a number of economic educational and social disadvantage.
    3.The remaining JIM CROW LAWS were over rules by the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Voting Rights Act of 1965.

  • MARCUS GARVEY

    MARCUS GARVEY
    (1887-1940)
    1. Jamacian politican leader, publisher, journalist struanch propent of the black nationalism and Pan Afrcianism movemnet which founded Universal Negro Improvment Assocation and African Community League.
    2. He abandoned the program in the mid 1920's. After much opposition from the Eourpoean powers with interest in liberia. In response to American sugesstions that he wanted to take all ethnic Africans of the biaspora back to Africa.

  • PLESSY V. FERGUSON

    PLESSY V. FERGUSON
    1. Was a decsion up holding the consitution of state laws requiring racial segergation in public area under the docterum of "Seperate but Equal"
    2. Imoact was on African- American this seperated them from everyone, in bathrooms, schools, restraunts.
    3. " Seperate but Equal" remained standard doctrine in U.S laws until the repudation in 1954 supreme court decison Brown vs. Board of Education.

  • N.A.A.C.P

    N.A.A.C.P
    1. NAACP was formed partly in response to the continuing horrific practice of lyching and the 1908 race roit in Springfeild.> In the NAACP the nations oldet, largest ,and most widely recognized grass-rooted based civil-rights orgsanization with a strong emphasis on local organizing. By 1913 the NAACP had established branch offices in many cities. The mission " to ensure the political, education, socail and economic equality of rights of all person and to elimiate racial hatred and racial discrim

  • GEORGE H. WHITE

    GEORGE H. WHITE
    (1852-1918)
    1. Severed as a member of the fifty- fifth and fifty-sixth United States Congress.
    2. White was a well-educated veteran politican and advocate of racial justice, Whites severed as a spokesman for African-Americans at the turn of the twentith century.

  • WILLIAM BERT

    WILLIAM BERT
    (1874-1922).
    1.was one of the pre-eminent entertainers of the Vaudeville era and one of the most popular comedians for all audiences of his time. He was by far the best-selling black recording artist before 1920.
    2.Williams was a key figure in the development of African-American entertainment. In an age when racial inequality and stereotyping were commonplace, he became the first black American to take a lead role on the Broadway stage, and did much to push back racial barriers during his career