1. Limits of Progressivism

2. I. Black America
1900 9/10 of African-Americans lived in the south among Jim Crow laws.
Denied legal and voting rights officially segregated in almost all walks of life.
1880’s blacks migrated north yet still faced discrimination in schools, jobs, and housing

3. II. Controversy Among African-Americans
Booker T. Washington (Atlanta Compromise) and Self-Help
Founded the Tuskegee Institute
Atlanta Compromise – work hard, acquire property, and prove worthy of respect

4. W.E.B. DuBois and the Niagra Movement
First black to receive a Ph.D
Urged Blacks to assert themselves and agitate for political and economic rights

5. National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP)
Formed by DuBois and other blacks from Niagra Movement
Called for more vigorous activism, legal challenges to achieve political equality for blacks and full integration into American life

6. III. Women’s Movement Progressivism re-stirred the women’s movement
Progressive feminists called for greater reform
Harriot Stanton Blatch
Pushed for suffrage
Improve working conditions
Carrie Chapman Cat (national American woman suffrage association)
Lobby legislators, pass out literature, organize rallies to heighten public awareness state by state
19th Amendment – granted women the right to vote