By: ana grace williams Fighting Racism in the 1920s

Ku Klux Klan Racist group with only white people Terrorized blacks Use to beat and murder them put burning crosses in from of homes with black families Also did this to Roman Catholics, Jews, and foreigners Targeted blacks mostly Nicknamed “the Klan” Wore white clothes and white masks to show their love for Christ Also wore flowing sheets/white costumes Tried to scare newly freed slaves The KKK started in 1965 Still continues today KKK groups are in 27/50 states Headquarters are in Harrison, Arkansas Group of men and women There are 6,000 people left that are in these groups They hate Barack Obama They use to bomb churches

“ a people without the knowledge of their past history, origin and culture is like a tree without roots.” - Marcus Garvey Marcus Garvey

U.N.I.A. Universal Negro Improvement Association Presents peace, harmony, love, human sympathy, human justice Created by Marcus Garvey About 400,000 blacks were in this organization Wanted blacks to be just as good as whites Blacks owned restaurants, stores, etc. in New York City Garvey said that if things get too bad, to move back to Africa.

They wrote meaningful poems Tried to prove that they meant something Made jazz music that a lot of white people started to enjoy How African Americans fought Racism

Their Life Public riots occurred White and black people were fighting on these riots most of the time They soon started fighting on the streets Blacks would start moving North and West

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