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1 African Americans Fight for Rights “All men are created equal.”

2 Booker T. Washington W.E.B. Du Bois

3 Booker T. Washington W. E. B. Du Bois Background Advice Strategy Support African American Leaders

4 Booker T. Washington W. E. B. Du Bois Background Slave, self-taught, coal mines, school Scholar, Harvard, PhD Advice Strategy Support African American Leaders

5 Booker T. Washington W. E. B. Du Bois Background Slave, self-taught, coal mines, school Scholar, Harvard, PhD Advice Accept inferior position Get complete equality Strategy Support African American Leaders

6 Booker T. Washington W. E. B. Du Bois Background Slave, self-taught, coal mines, school Scholar, Harvard, PhD Advice Accept inferior position Get complete equality Strategy Education (vocational) and saving money Oppose and fight discrimination Support African American Leaders

7 Booker T. Washington W. E. B. Du Bois Background Slave, self-taught, coal mines, school Scholar, Harvard, PhD Advice Accept inferior position Get complete equality Strategy Education (vocational) and saving money Oppose and fight discrimination Support Business leaders, Presidents, many whites, many blacks Jane Addams, reformers, NAACP, blacks and whites African American Leaders

8 Think about it… In what way do you think the very different backgrounds of Booker T. Washington and W.E.B. Du Bois influenced their very different beliefs and strategies concerning the advancement of African Americans in society?

9 Lynching Who? What? Where? When? Why?

10 Lynching Who?Whites against African Americans What? Where? When? Why?

11 Lynching Who?Whites against African Americans What?Epidemic of murder by a mob Where? When? Why?

12 Lynching Who?Whites against African Americans What?Epidemic of murder by a mob Where?South and elsewhere When? Why?

13 Lynching Who?Whites against African Americans What?Epidemic of murder by a mob Where?South and elsewhere When?1890s through Great Depression Why?

14 Lynching Who?Whites against African Americans What?Epidemic of murder by a mob Where?South and elsewhere When?1890s through Great Depression Why?Prejudice; anger during Depression; blame others for problems

15 Think about it How might this treatment of whites toward African Americans impact the women’s movement that is occurring simultaneously?

16 Ida B. Wells

17 Muckraker Who Protecting How

18 Muckraker WhoIda B Wells Protecting How

19 Muckraker WhoIda B Wells ProtectingAfrican Americans How

20 Muckraker WhoIda B Wells ProtectingAfrican Americans HowNewspaper: Free Speech; urge African Americans to protest lynchings, boycott segregated places; speak out

21 Think about it… How would an African American woman prioritize her fight for rights in the context of both the women’s movement and the movement for African American advancement?

22 Setbacks and Successes SetbacksSuccesses

23 Setbacks and Successes SetbacksSuccesses White Progressives don’t care

24 Setbacks and Successes SetbacksSuccesses White Progressives don’t care President Wilson supports segregation

25 Setbacks and Successes SetbacksSuccesses White Progressives don’t care Inventors (George Washington Carver and Sarah Walker) President Wilson supports segregation

26 Setbacks and Successes SetbacksSuccesses White Progressives don’t care Inventors (George Washington Carver and Sarah Walker) President Wilson supports segregation Black run businesses, colleges, and churches serve African Americans

27 Think about it… How would you anticipate both Booker T. Washington and W.E.B. DuBois responding to the setbacks and successes of African Americans?


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