Reconstruction
The end of this conflict ushered in the period known as Reconstruction.
What is the Civil War
James Van Der Zee challenged stereotypes about Black Americans through his use of this artistic medium
What is photography
He promoted career based education and economic uplift for Black Americans, instead of fighting for an end to segregation.
Who is Booker T. Washington
The movement of Black people from the South to Northern cities between 1900 and 1960
What is the Great Migration
The neighborhood at the center of Black art, music, photography, and learning in the 1920s and 30s
What is Harlem
The Agency responsible for providing services to formerly enslaved people after the Civil War
What is the Freedman's Bureau
Black musicians pioneered this form of Music in the 20's and 30's in places like Harlem
What is Jazz
She amassed great wealth through her entrepreneurship selling haircare products and cosmetics. She was also a strong advocate her her community.
Who was Madam C.J. Walker
The conflict that caused many job opportunities to open up for Black workers in the North
What is World War 1
These institutions allowed Black students to earn advanced degrees, in classes filled with other Black students and professors
What are HBCUS
This constitutional amendment forbid states from putting limits of voting based on race or previous condition of servitude
What is the 15th Amendment
The artistic medium that Langston Hughes, Countee Cullen, and Claude McKay used to explore their relationship to Africa, American society, and their own identity.
What is Poetry
This scholar pioneered the idea of "Double Consciousness" in his book The Souls of Black Folk
Who is W.E.B. DuBois
The neighborhood in New York where many Black southern migrants settled
What is Harlem
Homer Plessy's Supreme Court case unfortunately led to this legal principle being declared constitutional
What is "Separate but Equal"
Strategies implemented by states that prevented Black people from exercising their 15th Amendment rights.
What are literacy tests/poll taxes/grandfather clauses
What is Black History Month
She exposed the lynchings happening in the south in her book A Red Record
Ida B. Wells
An idea supported by Marcus Garvey to free Black people from oppressive countries/government
What is the Back to Africa Movement
An organization created by Marcus Garvey to uplift and support Black people across the Diaspora
What is the UNIAA
Convict leasing remains legal because of a loophole in this Constitutional Amendment
The 13th Amendment
The Play-turned Movie that featured a predominantly Black cast, and brought many Black performers to mainstream audiences.
What is Cabin in the Sky
The Black Big Band leader who famously appeared in clubs and movies in the 20's and 30's, and less famously was born in Rochester
Who is Cab Calloway
The collective name for all Afro-descended people outside of Africa.
This wave of violence destroyed many Black communities in the early 1900's including the prosperous Greenwood district in Tulsa OK
What is the Red Summer