All Flashcards
What was the role of the Black Press?
Crucial for spreading news of racial violence and discrimination.
What was the purpose of the Chicago Defender?
A platform for Black voices, often ignored by mainstream media.
What was the purpose of the Pittsburgh Courier?
A platform for Black voices, often ignored by mainstream media.
What was the impact of Black-owned businesses?
Provided economic independence and community support.
What was the significance of segregated water fountains?
Dehumanizing practice of separating public facilities based on race.
What was the significance of segregated restrooms?
Pervasive racial discrimination and inequality.
What were the causes and effects of Jim Crow laws?
Cause: White supremacy, Effect: Segregation and disenfranchisement.
What were the causes and effects of lynching?
Cause: Racial hatred, Effect: Racial terror and intimidation.
What were the causes and effects of the Great Migration?
Cause: Jim Crow laws and economic opportunities, Effect: Movement of African Americans to the North and West.
What were the causes and effects of the Civil Rights Movement?
Cause: Jim Crow laws and racial discrimination, Effect: Legal and social changes promoting equality.
Who was Ida B. Wells-Barnett?
Journalist who exposed lynching as a tool of white supremacy.
What was the role of African American journalists?
Exposed lynchings, challenged racist narratives during Jim Crow.
Who founded the NAACP?
A group of activists, including W.E.B. Du Bois, Mary White Ovington, and others, founded the NAACP in 1909.
Who was Booker T. Washington?
An educator and leader who advocated for vocational training and economic self-reliance for African Americans.
Who was W.E.B. Du Bois?
A scholar and activist who advocated for full civil rights and co-founded the NAACP.
Who was Madam C.J. Walker?
An entrepreneur and philanthropist who became one of the first self-made female millionaires in America.
Who was Marcus Garvey?
A Jamaican political activist who promoted Black nationalism and Pan-Africanism.
Who was Mary McLeod Bethune?
An educator and civil rights activist who founded Bethune-Cookman University.
Who was A. Philip Randolph?
A labor leader and civil rights activist who organized the March on Washington Movement.
Who was Rosa Parks?
Civil Rights activist whose refusal to give up her seat on a bus sparked the Montgomery Bus Boycott.