Reconstruction
This Amendment officially abolished slavery when ratified in 1865.
13th Amendment
After Sherman's orders were overturned, freed people were evicted from their land and had to resort to this type of farming in order to survive.
Sharecropping or crop-lien
What is the Great Migration
This author was inspired by the murder of 3 of her friends to begin recording examples of lynchings in a book called The Red Record.
What is the Harlem Renaissance?
This Amendment overturned Dred Scott v. Sanford and established equal protection for all, but this last part was overturned by later Supreme Court cases.
14th Amendment
What does HBCU stand for
"Historically Black College or University"
The time period between 1917 and 1921 punctuated by race riots and massacres is also known as
The Red Summer
Women like Nannie Helen Burroughs and Ida B. Wells fought for this for African American women.
Suffrage/Vote
This movement indicated a change in the way Black people thought - it was coined in a book by Alain Locke
The New Negro Movement
The government organization was responsible for rebuilding the south and supporting freed persons after the Civil War
What was the Freedman's Bureau
One major positive effect of the 15th Amendment in the South was...
Over 2,000 Black men were elected to some kind of local, county, state, or federal office through the power of the vote.
The Greenwood district in Tulsa, destroyed in the massacre in 1921, is better known as
Black Wall Street
This entreprenuer and innovator preached Black economic advancement and promoted giving away money to local Black communities.
Madam CJ Walker
James Van Der Zee used this art form to capture the life of Black people of all classes - and highlight their accomplishments and dignity
What is photography
This Amendment secured Black men the right to vote (for a while).
15th Amendment
This Supreme Court case approved of state laws that segregated Black and white people in public spaces.
Plessy v. Ferguson
Booker T. Washington's uplift strategy was primarily focused on...
African Americans remaining in the South and learning a trade to gain economic independence.
Alpha Kappa Alpha is an example of what kind of organization?
A Black Greek Letter Organization
(Sorority/Fraternity)
This movement indicated a change in the way Black people thought - it was coined in a book by Alain Locke
The New Negro Movement
Union General William T. Sherman issued Special Field Orders No. 15, which aimed to redistribute WHAT to freed people in the south.
The criminalization of almost everything, turning minor offenses or debt into felonies with fines - then forcing imprisoned people to work on farms and infrastructure
What is Convict Leasing
DuBois's uplift strategy included
higher education, civil rights, and political participation
A jazz singer who sang songs such as Strange Fruit and I'll Be Seeing You
Who is Billie Holiday
Countee Cullen, Langston Hughes, and Paul Laurence Dunbar all used this art form to communicate their experiences being Back in America
What is poetry