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33 Cards in this Set
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tenant
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one (usu. an ex-slave) who farms on a plot of land; pays bac owner of land with $$$ from profits.
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sharecropper
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a tenant who pays back land owner with a set % of crop
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debt peon
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one who has to work (i.e. in the fields) to pay back bank after becoming deeply indebted
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lynching
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illegal hanging (by a mob)
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segregation
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institutionalized separation of people by race
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vocational training
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training in a skill or field of work; job skill
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Reconstruction
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where: slave states
when: 1965-1877 Blacks struggled to find an identity/place in society |
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14th Amendment
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Gave former slaves rights of citizens
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15th Amend:
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(1870) gave black males the right to vote
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Jim Crow System
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1883-1960s- deep south- institutionalized segregation
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Plessy vs. Ferguson
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Supremem Ct.- 1896- "Separate but equal" facilities- enforced Jim Crow laws
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Great Migration
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1910-1950- deep s. to N (i.e. Chicago)
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Benjamin "Pap" Singleton
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mid to late 1800s- Southern US- ex. slave- escaped to Canada- went to Detroit, ran boarding house for slaves, went to south, helped slaves get to kansas, helped imrove life for newly freed slaves
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Booker T. Washington
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1856-1895- Atlanta- Pres. of Tuskagee Institute- spoke, said blacks had to "start at bottom" [agriculture/farming] and that af/am's should wait for whites to come around
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W.E.B. DuBois
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believed blacks should fight/demand rights- early 20th cent
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Robert S. Abbott
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early 19000s- Chicago- Editor of Chicago defender- encourged Af/Am's to move to north (helped start gr8 mig.)
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John H. Johnson
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started an editing company
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why did kansas appeal to af/ams after civ. war?
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-kansas= new state, fresh start, NEUTRAL STATE
- free/cast land b/c of homestead act |
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renaissance
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rebirth
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labor union
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an organization of waters [who worked in a similar field] who looked out for the interests of one another, esp. pertaining to pay
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call-and-response
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minister calls out a phrase and congreg. responds with exclamation
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NAACP
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america-1909- fought for black rights, supported freed slaves, fought for blacks in ct. issues having to do with race, etc.
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National Urban League
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US-1911- helped af/am's adjust to north
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harlem renaissance
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1919- An era of black poets and authors- worked in 'black tower'
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AME church
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philly- 1787- first black church started after incident of congreg. in anotehr church
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brotherhood of sleeping car porters
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US- 1925 (1935)- org. of black waiters and train porters.
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tuskagee institute
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AL- 1881- pioneer school for blacks that trained students to become teachers, farmers, domestic servants, and skilled workers.
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langston hughes
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dark tower, harlem- 1919, prominent harlem ren. writer
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george washington carver-
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tukagee- 1881- scientist- discovered 300 used for peanut
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mary mcleod bethune
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started bethune college in daytona beach- college that trained you ng black women to become teachers
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A. philip randolph
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US- 20th cent- founded brotherhood of sleeping cars
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louis armstrong
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new orleans/chicago- 1925- formed a band- most popular af/am. jazz musicians- played cornet
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marian wright edelman-
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grad. from yale- forceful crusader for black kids- wrote book on black advocacy
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