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John & Lugenia Burns Hope
The New South – H7c Booker T. Washington W.E.B. DuBois John & Lugenia Burns Hope Alonzo Herndon
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Booker T. Washington
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Booker T. Washington Born a slave-raised as son of former sharecroppers Civil rights leader College professor and president of Tuskegee Institute (Alabama) Gave speech at the International Cotton States Exposition – “Atlanta Compromise Speech” 1895 Proposed that blacks and whites should agree to benefit from each other economically Blacks and whites did not have to mix socially
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Booker T. Washington Blacks should not push for equal rights but work to improve themselves - learn a skill (common labor was dignified) - become self-sufficient Whites should trust black people and give them opportunities to work
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W.E.B. DuBois
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W.E.B. DuBois Grew up in FREE state of Massachusetts
Civil rights leader Professor at Atlanta University Wanted social and political integration of races Felt Washington’s ideas would keep blacks in a position that was lower than whites Wanted higher education for 10% of the black population (“Talented Tenth”) so they could become leaders for all other blacks.
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W.E.B. DuBois Organized the Niagara Movement to end Jim Crow laws
helped found the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP)
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John Hope and Lugenia Burns Hope
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John Hope and Lugenia Burns Hope
Believed that black people should have the same quality programs as whites John Hope was president of Atlanta Baptist College (Morehouse) Was a friend of W.E.B DuBois and helped found the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP)
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John Hope and Lugenia Burns Hope
Lugenia Hope fought for good housing, health care, jobs and recreational programs for blacks in Atlanta and the United States Helped organize the Boys and Girls Club in Atlanta Organized Neighborhood Union -to improve living conditions for black people
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Alonzo Herndon Born a slave
Black businessman who owned many barbershops and later bought a small insurance company and owned over 100 houses (for rentals) Atlanta Mutual Insurance Company - hired black college graduates to run the company Now called the Atlanta Life Insurance Company and is one of the largest African American owned businesses in the USA
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