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booker T. washington
Between 1890 and 1915, booker T. washington was the dominant leader in the African-American community. Died-November 14, 1915, -
New Orlean riot
Was a violent conflict in which whites attacked blacks parading outside the Mechanics Institute in New Orleans, where a reconvened Louisiana Constitutional Convention was being held. -
W.E.B Dubois
Was an American sociologist, historian, civil rights activist, Pan-Africanist, author, and editor. Died-August 27, 1963, -
scientific racism
during this time Racism as supposedly justified by scientific evidence. -
social darwinism
social darwinism is the Theory of social selection that attempts to explain the success of certain social groups. -
Marcus Garvey
Marcus Mosiah Garvey, Jr., ONH, was a Jamaican political leader, publisher, journalist, entrepreneur, and orator who was a proponent of the Pan-Africanism movement. Died-June 10, 1940 -
Plessy v. Ferguson
Was a landmark constitutional law case of the US Supreme Court. It upheld state racial segregation laws for public facilities under the doctrine of "separate but equal". -
The Phoenix riot
Was a riot and mass lynching by white South Carolinian in the name of Redemption in Greenwood County, South Carolina. Over a dozen prominent black leaders were murdered and hundreds were injured by a white mob. -
The Wilmington Riot
Also known as the Wilmington massacre of 1898 or the Wilmington race riot of 1898, began in Wilmington, North Carolina on November 10, 1898 and continued for several days. It is considered a turning point in Post-Reconstruction North Carolina politics. The event marks an era of more severe racial segregation and effective disenfranchisement of African-Americans throughout the South. -
segregated schools
you would have to go to a certain school, depending on your skin color. -
pan-africanism
1917 was the year marcus gravity re-informed the UNIA.
