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African American Rights in the Progressive Era: Key Figures and Movements

Explore the pivotal figures like Booker T. Washington, W.E.B. Du Bois, and Ida B. Wells, and significant movements such as the Niagara Movement and NAACP in the Progressive Era's fight for African American rights.

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African American Rights in the Progressive Era: Key Figures and Movements

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  1. African American Rights Progressive Era

  2. Why is this so important?

  3. Booker T. Washington • Very influential • Wanted to cooperate with white people • Educated • Promoted equality • Supporter of integration • Philosophy was self-help

  4. W.E.B. Dubois • Scholar and political thinker • Advocated political action • Supported protests

  5. Ida B. Wells • Anti-lynching crusader • Women’s suffrage • Lynching was used to control/punish blacks • Gathered information on lynching incidents

  6. Niagara Movement • Started in 1905 by W.E.B. Dubois in Niagara Falls, New York. • Called for political, civil, and social rights for black Americans. • Different than the Atlanta Compromise by Booker. T Washington • Marked the beginning of the NAACP • Manifesto was written- called for full civil liberties, abolition of racial discrimination, and recognition of human brotherhood.

  7. NAACP- National Association of the Advancement of Colored People • Created in 1909 by an interracial group that included: • W.E.B. Dubois and Ida B. Wells. Fought For: • Abolition of segregation • Discrimination in housing • Education • Employment • Voting • Transportation • To oppose racism • To ensure African Americans their constitutional rights

  8. The Great Migration • 6 million African Americans relocated from the rural South to urban cities in the North, Midwest, and West. • Problems in the South • Unsatisfactory economic opportunities • Segregationist laws • Urban Life • Poor working conditions • Limited living space • Racism and Prejudice

  9. Works Cited "Atlanta Compromise (United States History)." Encyclopedia Britannica Online. Encyclopedia Britannica, n.d. Web. 08 Oct. 2013. "Great Migration." History.com. A&E Television Networks, n.d. Web. 08 Oct. 2013. "NAACP | National Association for the Advancement of Colored People." NAACP | National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. N.p., 2009. Web. 08 Oct. 2013. "National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) (American Organization)." Encyclopedia Britannica Online. Encyclopedia Britannica, n.d. Web. 08 Oct. 2013. "Niagara Movement (American Civil Rights Organization)." Encyclopedia Britannica Online. Encyclopedia Britannica, n.d. Web. 08 Oct. 2013. "The Rise and Fall of Jim Crow: Niagara Movement (1905-10)." PBS. PBS, 2002. Web. 08 Oct. 2013. "Booker T. Washington Biography." Bio.com. A&E Networks Television, n.d. Web. 09 Oct. 2013. "Digital History." Digital History. N.p., n.d. Web. 09 Oct. 2013.

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