W.E.B DuBois
Where did W.E.B DuBois grow up?
Massachusetts
When did the group first meet?
1905
Who founded the NAACP?
W.E.B DuBois (among others)
What is an example of nonviolent resistance?
boycotts, marches, walk outs, sit ins, etc
Harvard University
Where did they meet?
Lake Erie, Ontario (the falls is also correct)
When was the organization founded
Describe a boycott
A purposeful withholding of goods, money, time, participation as a form of political protest
What did DuBois primarily study?
History, Sociology, and Philsophy
Who led the group?
W.E.B. DuBois
What was the goal of the NAACP?
Combatting racial injustices
Name an advocacy tactic that the NAACP uses
What did DuBois become known for?
His writing
Who was the group mostly made up of?
Black intellectuals
What are two issues the organization campaigned for?
Criminal justice reform, civil rights, voting rights, education, anti-lynching bills
What is lobbying
Putting pressure on government institutions about specific bills
Who did DuBois criticize and why?
Booker T. Washington for being an "accommodationist"
Why did the movement fall apart?
What was the magazine called?
The Crisis
Name and describe an American protest in the 20th century
March on Washington, Silent Parade, Montgomery Bus Boycotts, Women's Suffrage March, Anti-Vietnam War, Anti- Apartheid