Chapter 19 Section 4

Booker T. Washington and W.E.B. DuBois © Shawn McCusker

Booker T. Washington Views given in the “Atlanta Compromise” Felt that Black People should work to gain economic security before equal rights. “Be Patient” Black People will “earn” equality.

Booker T. Washington Wanted programs for job training and vocational skills So he help found the Tuskegee Institute in Alabama with training in industry and agriculture Ask whites to give job opportunities to Black people. B.T.W. was popular with white leaders, like Carnegie and Rockefeller in the North and South. Why?  

Booker T. Washington Unpopular with many Black leaders B.T.W. went on to found the “Urban League” - jobs + training.  

W.E.B. DuBois Views given in The Souls of Black Folks. Strongly opposed B.T.W.’s acceptance of segregation and Jim Crow. Felt that White People caused problems by denying rights to Black people.

W.E.B. DuBois Felt talented Black students should get a good education. Felt it was wrong to expect a citizen to “earn their rights”. NAACP – Rights

Setbacks and Successes Most whites gave little thought to problems blacks faced President Wilson “ Segregation is not humiliating, but a benefit” George Washington Carver - ? Sarah Walker - ? Black-owned companies include?

Lynching Murder by a mob was something of a regular occurrence in the late 1890’s. Ida B. Wells was a Muckraker who spoke out against it! The violence became worse because of an economic depression in 1893. http://newsreel.org/titleimages/IDA-B-WELLS.jpg

Mexican Americans Before 1900 about ½ million Mexican Americans lived in the U.S. They faced discrimination just like Blacks 1910 a revolution and a famine in Mexico pushed more immigrants into America Quick 50 second video explaining this http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/americas/mexico_rel97.jpg

Video analysis Quickly split into groups of three or four around the room! The video included reasons why people from Mexico might want to leave and come to America in 1910. How does the clip contribute to your understanding of the topic?

Mexican Americans Barrios, or Mexican American neighborhoods, popped up in bigger cities (SW first then Midwest and Rocky Mountain area Some became part of mutualistas, mutual aid groups This allowed them to pool their money to help each other out Typing class at St. Ann's High School in Little Mexico, Dallas.

Asian Americans More than 100,000 Japanese entered the U.S. in the early 1900’s In the beginning most went to Hawaii to work on sugar plantations which became an American territory in 1898 (more on that next chapter) 1906 - San Francisco forced Asian students to attend separate schools, Japan was outraged! 1907- Gentleman’s Agreement was the resulted and Japan agreed to stop workers from coming to America, in exchange for wives of men already here being allowed to join their spouse. http://www.japannet.de/japan/japan3.gif

Religious Minorities Nativist groups worked to restrict immigration Even Jews and Catholics who were not immigrants faced discrimination in jobs and housing American Catholics set up parochial schools American Jews set up the Anti-Defamation League which worked to fight prejudice against Jews http://media.npr.org/assets/img/2012/01/07/gettyimages_a0064-000144a-8e915b481e040967327d43be680856bd81501880-s6-c30.jpg