Reconstruction
The first Black man to serve in the US Congress and the US Senate.
Hiram R. Revels
the period between the end of Reconstruction and the beginning of the Second World War
Nadir (obviously)
At the end of the Civil War in 1865, what general issued what law that aimed which aimed to redistribute land between South Carolina and Florida to newly freed African American families in segments of 40 acres, commonly known as “40 Acres and a Mule.”
Who is General William T. Sherman?
What is Special Field Orders No. 15?
African Americans in what found spaces to support one another in the areas of self-improvement, educational excellence,leadership, and lifelong community service
What are Black Greek-letter Orgainizations?
In March 1865, Congress passed this law. It would provide relief, food, shelter, and education to the 4 million “refugees” of slavery.
What is the Freedmen's Bureau?
He wrote the black national Anthem
Who is James Weldon Johnson?
After the election of 1876, some states began to rewrite their state constitutions to include what laws.
What are de jure segregation laws?
In The New Negro: An Interpretation, he encouraged young Black artists to reject the burden of being the sole representative of a race.
Who is Alan Locke?
During Reconstruction, nearly how many African Americans served in public office from the local level
through the United States Senate?
What is 2,000?
He wrote "We Wear the Mask" in 1896, during a time of intense racial discrimination and segregation.The poem explores how African Americans hide their true emotions behind a facade due to societal pressures
Who is Paul laurence Dunbar?
Required that states either demonstrate that race was not a factor in admission to educational institutions or create separate institutions for Black students. As a result, 18 HBCUs were established.
What is the Second Morrill Act of 1890?
She established the National Association for colored Women in 1896
Who is Nannie Hellen Burroughs?
Through what Southern prisons profited by hiring out African American men imprisoned for debt, false arrest, or other minor charges to landowners and corporations.
What is convict leasing?
The term nadir was coined by....
Who is Rayford W. Logan?
The author of “A Voice From The South; Her work details the inequities that Black women have experienced and the incomplete picture of US historical narratives that exclude the voices of African Americans specifically Black women
Who is Anna Julia Cooper?