Civil Rights Advocates Late 1800’s – Early 1900’s.
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Civil Rights Advocates
Late 1800’s – Early 1900’s
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The Matter of Civil Rights
The Promises of the Civil War Amendments 13th Abolished slavery 14th guaranteed
citizenship and equal protection of the laws
15th stated that right to vote could not be denied due to race, color or previous condition of servitude
Reality of life in the late 1800’s Vote was denied by
poll taxes, literacy tests, KKK
Jim Crow laws required legal segregation based on race
Economic opportunities were limited by lack of education and skills
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Booker T. Washington
Born a slave Founder of Tuskegee
Institute Believed in Vocational
education( skill based) Wrote autobiography
Up From Slavery Conciliatory approach to
civil rights “Pull yourself up by your
own boot straps”
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W.E.B. DuBois
Born in North a freeman Well educated
(Harvard) Founder of the Niagara
Movement → NAACP (National Association for the Advancement of Colored People)
Educate according to ability
More direct, militant approach to civil rights
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Ida Wells
Born to slave parents Teacher/Journalist One of founding
members of NAACP Anti-lynching campaign,
suffragist “One had better die fighting
injustice than die like a dog or a rat in a trap”