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35 Cards in this Set
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What did Booker T. Washington write?
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"The Atlanta Compromise"
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What did WEB Dubois write?
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"The Souls of Black Folk" Ch 3
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What was WEB Dubois topic in Ch 3?
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criticism of BT Washington's views
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What did Langston Hughes write? Famous ex?
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assorted poems aimed at bettering the condition of black in USA; Mother to Son
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What did Claude McKay write?
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assorted poems
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What did Richard Wright write?
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"Black Boy"
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What is Claude McKay's famous poem called?
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"If We Must Die"
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When did Booker T Washington live? ethnicity? where? living condition?
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1856-1915; mulatto; VA; slave
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What is "The Atlanta Compromise"'s main goal?
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want friendship b/w the races, not equal. Will live in separate societies with common economy.
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What are Washington's major achievements in life?
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1st prinicipal of Tuskegee Institute, urged blacks to uplift themselves w/ education
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What did Richard Wright write?
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"Black Boy"
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What is Claude McKay's famous poem called?
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"If We Must Die"
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When did Booker T Washington live? ethnicity? where? living condition?
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1856-1915; mulatto; VA; slave
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What is "The Atlanta Compromise"'s main goal?
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want friendship b/w the races, not equal. Will live in separate societies with common economy.
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What are Washington's major achievements in life?
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1st prinicipal of Tuskegee Institute, urged blacks to uplift themselves w/ education
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When did WEB Dubois live? Ethnicity? Educated where? Job?
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1868-1963, mulatto (but didn't realize he was diff. for a long time); Fisk, Harvard, U of Berlin; professor at Atlanta U
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Dubois Published where?
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"The Crisis"
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Dubois's major achievements? Political ass?
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formed NAACP; joined Communist party
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What is Dubois' thought on Washington? Compares Wash. to whom?
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Washington's wrongly believes submission and silence for blacks is ok; to Jefferson Davis
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Claude McKay lived when? where was he born? when did he start writing? educated where?
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1890-1948; Jamaica; age 10; Kansas State College
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Why did McKay come to US? what did he experience in US?
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wanted to attend Tuskegee Institute; first experience of racism
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When did McKay become a US citizen?
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1940
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When did Hurston live? Where was Zora Neale Hurston born? How is it unique? father's job? issue with mom? Educated where?
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1891-1960; Eatonville, FL; all-black town; He- baptist preacher not good w/ kids; she- died and kids were distributed to relatives; studied at Howard U
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What was one of Hurston's major interests?
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black folk tradititon
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What did Langston Hughes think about Hurston's writing?
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that she was writing too much about the bad of blacks instead of "uplifting" the race
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What's Zo<ra Neale Hurston's most celebrated book?
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"Their Eyes Were Watching God"
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When did Langston Hughes live? Where? Educated (kinda) where?
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1902-1967; Joplin, MO and Laurence, KS (là w/ grandmama); Columbia U
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Hughes published in what two magazines? created what kind of lit? involved politically how?
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"Crisis" and "Opportunity"; edited african american anthologies; communist sympathizer
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Red Scare and Langston Hughes?
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put on Red Scare list mid 1950s and wasn't allowed to leave country until taken off list in 1959.
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What did Langston Hughes write?
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"I, Too", "Silhouette", "Mulatto", "Visitors to the Black Belt"
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When did Richard Wright live? Where grew up? Family life?
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1908-1960?; Memphis, TN ; dad left, mom so poor had to send kids to orphanage to live
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Wright's political affiliation? major literary works (2)? reporter for whom? eventually settled where?
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Communist, "Black Boy" and "Native Son", "Communist Daily", France (felt accepted there)
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SKIM STORIES!!!!!!
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SKIM POEMS!!!!
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