1. John & Lugenia Burns Hope
The New South – H7c
Booker T. Washington
W.E.B. DuBois
John & Lugenia Burns Hope
Alonzo Herndon

2. Booker T. Washington

3. 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

4. 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

5. W.E.B. DuBois

6. 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.

7. 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)

8. John Hope and Lugenia Burns Hope

9. 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)

10. 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

11. 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