1. DO now 11/1/16
How did Franklin D. Roosevelt help turn the economy of the U.S. around?
How did he help African Americans in particular?
Why is Mary McLeod Bethune an important person in black history?

2. United Negro College Fund swing
Define
GI Bill
United Negro College Fund
swing

3. Section 3 Social and Cultural Change
Chapter 9
Section 3 Social and Cultural Change

4. GI BIll
African Americans were supposed to have equal opportunity with the GI Bill.
Some African Americans couldn’t afford to go to school because the grant couldn’t provide for families.
Some students faces discrimination form college admissions boards and the Department of Veterans’ Affairs.

5. UNCF was created in April 1944
with support from President Roosevelt and John D. Rockerfeller, Jr., the first UNCF campaign made triple of what was expected.

6. Confronting Racism
In 1948, Harry Truman issued an executive order that was intended to end segregation in the military.
Military segregation officially ended in 1954.

7. African American Athletes
Jack Johnson – 1908 boxing heavyweight champion
He was the first black man to win international recognition as a sports figure.

8. Jesse Owens – won four gold medals in track and field in the 1946 games in Germany
He crushed the myth of white supremacy in front of Adolf Hitler.

9. Joe Louis AKA: Brown Bomber: became the world heavyweight champion in 1937
To this day, Louis is regarded by many as the greatest heavyweight boxer of all time.

10. African americans in Arts
Edward “Duke” Ellington – one of the creative geniuses of the Jazz Age
He performed for more than 50 years and won fame for displaying one musical innovation after another.

11. Williams “Count” Basie – a brilliant piano player whose band was well known for its lively playing an the excellent recordings they made.
Louis Armstrong – AKA: Satchmo – was a famous trumpet player

12. African Americans in film
Hattie McDaniel – was the first African American to by nominated for and win an Oscar for her role in Gone With the Wind
Lena Horne – the first African American actor to sign a long-term contract with a major movie studio, MGM

13. Remainder of class Complete 6 black presidents project
Be prepared to have an open notebook test Wednesday