African Americans in the Antebellum Period
FREDERICK DOUGLASS
Black journalist and anti-lynching crusader.
IDA B. WELLS-BARNETT
In March of 2022, the US Senate passed this important legislation.
THE EMMETT TILL ANTI-LYNCHING ACT
African American author of "Their Eyes Were Watching God."
ZORA NEALE HURSTON
The middle portion of the journey that brought enslaved Africans to the Americas.
THE MIDDLE PASSAGE
Famous female abolitionist and political activist who escaped from slavery AKA "Moses."
HARRIETT TUBMAN
During the late 19th Century, a huge public debate ensued btw. these two African American men.
W.E.B. DU BOIS & BOOKER T. WASHINGTON
These laws separated African Americans from the rest of society.
JIM CROW LAWS
Famous American poet, memoirist, and civil rights activist who received the Presidential Medal of Freedom (2010).
DR. MAYA ANGELOU
The book by John W. Blassingame that discusses "Plantation Life in the Antebellum South."
THE SLAVE COMMUNITY
A system of conductors and safe houses that conveyed over 100,000 enslaved persons to freedom in the North.
THE UNDERGROUND RAILROAD
Both Harlem, NY & Bronzeville, Chicago are examples of this type of settlement.
THE BLACK METROPOLIS
This legal case solidified "Separate But Equal" at the federal level.
PLESSY v. FERGUSON
The FULL NAME of the subject of the "One Woman Show" viewed by this class.
FANNIE LOU HAMER
Just as enslaved Africans were Americanized, the South was ...
AFRICANIZED
First-person accounts of enslaved men and women.
SLAVE NARRATIVES
Signed by President Truman, this officially Desegregated the Armed Forces in 1948.
EXECUTIVE ORDER 9981
The idea that "educated African Americans" were responsible for the welfare of "the race."
RACIAL UPLIFT
African American music that emerged from Detroit, Michigan and had a distinct sound.
MOTOWN
Dr. Bryan became "twitter famous" this semester when he received a response from this author.
CLINT SMITH III
An enslaved persons refusal to comply.
RESISTANCE
"Will V-Day Be Me-Day Too?" is a poem by which famous African American poet?
LANGSTON HUGHES
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was "gunned down" at this location.
THE LORRAINE HOTEL (Memphis, TN)
Activist, Suffragette, and one of the FIRST African American women to earn a college degree.
MARY CHURCH-TERRELL