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speech he said that African Americans should accept social segregation as long as whites allowed them economic progress, educational opportunity, and justice in the courts; this made some African Americans mad, especially in the north. People like W.E.B. Du Bois criticized Washington for not demanding equality, and later became a mediator for full and equal rights in every aspect of a person’s life. And although Booker had done much to assist the African American society, there was some truth in…

Washington and W. E. B. Du Bois two very educated men who had an agenda. They were fighting for equality between blacks and whites. They were shooting for the same outcome but, they were definitely not going about it the same way. These men were exceptional Educators, Scholars, Political Speakers, Reformer, and Civil Rights Activist. They both had set out a plan for domination and they strongly believed in their own plan. In Comparison, Booker T. Washington and W. E.B. Du Bois were both…

Two great leaders of the black community in the late 19th and 20th century were W.E.B. Du Bois and Booker T. Washington. Although both advocated African American advancement, they strongly disagreed on strategies for black social, political, and economic progress. Their conflicting thoughts are important in the discussions of how to end class and racial injustice, the role of black leadership, as well as the extent of racial progress. Firstly, both Dubois and Washington came from different…

The Chicano Civil Rights Movement was a movement that took off in the 1960’s which was also when the civil rights movement was in full motion through out the united states. With increased political activity from African American groups to produce much needed change as well as the implantation of the civil rights act of 1964 its easy to see why the Chicano Movement flourished. The 1960’s was a time of political activism which helped move forward the goals of not only African Americans and Mexican…

Influence of Harlem Renaissance on Langston Hughes Harlem Renaissance, in other words, the cultural awakening of African American culture, remains as the most influential movements in African American literacy history. The movement took place between the 1920s and the 1940s, when there was a rapid growth in support for modernism and the civil rights movement. Therefore, the modernism movement, that encouraged people to break the norms and the civil rights movement, which tried to bring equality…

Unearthing the Urban League National Urban League is a non-profit organization based in many high populated cities that help the low income, working poor, and others. Each Urban League office is different in what they help with, but many provide information on programs. They assist with job applications and some offices go as far as to help with bills too. Scattered in the United States, there are 92 different Urban Leagues offices. Founders of the National Urban League: The founders of…

Marcus Garvey and his vision for black separatism The Harlem Renaissance flourished in the 1920’s with many black people fleeing the racial oppression of the south and creating a very vibrant culture of poetry, writing, dance, and music in New York and other northern urban areas. “This is a period when the majority of black people in the United States are born as free people- the first generation when they’re not largely born as slaves.” One prominent figure of this time was Marcus Garvey…

Washington was one of the most influential African American figures during the late 19th century. He was born as a slave on a small farm in Virginia, and he was determined to educate himself, and after that make a change in the world. After getting an education through hard work, he was teaching at Hampton institute. Then, Washington founded an institute based on the Hampton model in 1881. The institute was called the Tuskegee institute and it was located in Alabama. His goal was to make…

The first major legal challenge of the Jim Crow laws was the Supreme Court case Plessy v. Ferguson (1896) for his removal from the car on a train all the way to the high court, which ultimately decided that "separate but equal" accommodations for African Americans and whites weren't discriminatory. The US Supreme Court ruled that under the Constitution (14th and 15th Amendments) African Americans had political rights, but social rights were not required. According to the court, as long as…

3 The Jazz age or roaring twenties influenced the moral traditions of women greatly. Women start to cut their hair short,, smoked cigarettes, involved themselves in alcohol liquor, stared putting on make up and dresses and short skirt. These cultures of women still continue to survived up to present day today. Women wear mini skirts, go to parties, indulge themselves in smoke cigarettes and alcohol even in front of their kids. I believe women wanted to show that they are equal to men and…