Key People
A Black political leader and the creator of the Tuskegee Model
Booker T Washington
The separation of people based on race
Segregation
The removal of someone's right to vote
Disenfranchisement
Lynching
The movement of African Americans during the 1910s northward and westward
The great migration
This intellectual leader was the primary opponent of Booker T. Washington and believed in the Talented Tenth
W.E.B. Du Bois
Sharecropping
The number of Black congressmen in the year 1900
One
A wave of violence caused by racial tensions, sometimes over jobs
Race riot
Harlem
The last Black congressman of the 19th century who quit after a riot in his hometown
George H. White
W.E.B. Du Bois' Idea of a group of talented individuals who would lead the way for racial equality
The talented tenth
A law stating that you could only vote if your grandfather was able to
The grandfather clause
The city where the worst race riot took place in 1921, killing 300 people
Tulsa
The name given to Black soldiers by Native American tribes
Buffalo Soldiers
This famous Black boxer was world heavyweight champion from 1908-1915 defeated many white opponents
Jack Johnson
This legal organization was formed to fight back against racist laws in 1909
Blacks womens' clubs often championed this cause as much as or more than racial equality
Womens' suffrage
Aircraft
A field where many early black professionals were able to thrive due to segregation policies
Medicine
This Black woman established the Phillis Wheatley Association in Cleveland in 1911
Jane Edna Hunter
Plessy vs Ferguson
The American president who Booker T. Washington famously ate dinner with
Teddy Roosevelt
A city in Illinois which had a major race riot in 1919
Chicago
A country in Africa where some African-Americans migrated to in the late 1800s
Liberia