Unit 2 Part 1
Author of one of the first major slave narratives
Olauduh Equiano
U.S region (later a state) that was known as a sanctuary for escaped slaves
Florida
Amendment that gave voting rights to Black men
15th Amendment
Life Every Voice and Sing
Created by the federal gov to give more educational opportunities to Black Americans
HBCU's
Free or enslaved Africans who travelled with early European explorers to the new world
Ladinos/Atlantic Creoles
Named for this individual, this 1857 court case ruled that Black people were not citizens under U.S Law
Dred Scott
Provided assistance to African Americans adjusting to slave post-slavery
Freedmen's Bureau
A particularly bad summer for racial violence
Largely concentrated in the North, this was the name for a movement that focused on Black excellence in all areas- Harlem Ren was a part of it
New Negro Movement
Generally believed to the be the first Black man to enter the Americas
Juan Garrido
Region of the Americas with the highest amount of slavery, still maintains a huge African influence
Brazil
A system where Black Americans worked on farms in exchange for a share of their crops.
Sharecropping
Years that were seen as a lowpoint for race relations- a Nadir
1917-1921
*through this time period
Blues, Jazz
First published Black woman in the U.S
Phyllis Wheatley
Celebrates the end of slavery in the last state of rebellion- Texas
Juneteenth
An example of a type of voting supression
Poll taxes, literacy tests, grandfather clause
Reported on lynchings and risked her life doing so
Ida B Wells
Famous photographer who focused on the middle class life of Black Americans
James Van Der Zee
Major slave ship rebellion- led to supreme court case that ruled in favor of the enslaved
Amistad
Enslaved artist who challenged literacy laws toward the enslaved by writing messages in his pottery
David Drake
A historic court case that made "separate but equal" a thing
Plessy v Ferguson
WEB Dubois's collection of essays
Souls of Black Folk
Controversial creator of UNIA
Marcus Garvey