Section 8.3-History
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Booker T. Washington
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Told blacks to move slowly toward racial progresss
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W.E.B.Du Bois
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Rejected Washington's view, urged AA to demand immediately all the rights guaranteed by the Constitution
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Niagara Movement
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Group of African American thinkers founded in 1905 that pushed for immediate racial reforms, particularly in education and voting practices
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NAACP
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Interracial organization founded in 1909 to abolish segregation and discrimmination and to achieve political and civil rights for African Americans
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Urban League
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Network of churches and clubs that set up employment agencies and relief efforts to help African Americans get settled and find work in the cities
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Anti-Defamation League
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Organization formed in 1913 to defend Jews against physical and verbal attacks and false statements
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Mutalistas
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Organized groups of Mexican-Americans that make loans and provide legal assistance to other members of their community
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What steps did minorities take to combat social problems and discrimination?
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NAACP, Mutalistas, Urban Leagues, and Anti Defamation League
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How did Progressives' views about race and values foster prejudice?
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Some people were more fit than others to play a leading role in society
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What do the differing approaches of Booker T. Washington and W.E.B.Du Bois suggest about their vies of American society?
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Washington: AA had to achieve economic independence before civil rights Du Bois: AA had to demand their social and civil rights or else become permeant victims of racism
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Were the goals and actions of the mutualistas more similar to those of the Urban League or to those of the Anti-Defamation League? Explain.
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Urban League because the Defamation League is political and prejudice protection and the Urban League is more money related
