Legislation
This act was signed into effect in March of 2022, recognizes lynching's as federal hate crimes.
What is the Emmet Till Anti-Lynching Act?
This organization was created by Marcus Garvey to further his ideas of black nationalism, black pride, and his "back to Africa Movement".
What is the Universal Negro Improvement Association? (UNIA)
Harriet Tubman was known as the leader of this system, due to her agency in resisting slavery and the fugitive slave laws by leading people to the North & Canada.
What is the underground railroad?
Which amendment abolished slavery unless punishment for a crime?
Though born enslaved, I rose to lead. At Tuskegee I planted the seed. I urged hard work, trades, and self-help too. Critics said I bowed too much to white supremacy, but at the Atlanta Exposition I voiced my philosophy.
Who is Booker T. Washington?
This bill was passed during reconstruction surving as a relief agency to help newly freed individuals transition to life under freedom, was vetoed by President Andrew Johnson.
What is the Freedman's Bureau Bill of 1865?
Co-founded in 1909 by a group of activists, including W.E.B. Du Bois, this organization emerged in response to racial violence and systemic discrimination. With Du Bois as the editor of its influential publication.
Who is the NAACP?
This court case legalized segregation as "separate but equal" with the idea that separate facilities did not violate the constitution .
What is Plessy v. Ferguson of 1895?
This amendment prohibited states from denying a citizen the right to vote based on “race, color, or previous condition of servitude,” aiming to secure political power for newly enfranchised African American men.
What is the 15th amendment?
During the Harlem Renaissance, this performer and figure, known for embracing elements of racial stereotyping as a form of self-expression and liberation, became both a celebrated and controversial symbol.
Who is Josephine Baker?
This act led to the initial dislogment of the KKK, it granted federal officals power to arrest anyone who deprived citizens of their constitutional rights.
What did the civil rights act of 1871 grant?
This organization promoted the relocation of free African Americans to Africa, leading to the establishment of Liberia, and was supported by both anti-slavery reformers and some slaveholders.
What is the American Colonization Society?
This African American woman from Alabama was assaulted by six white men, an event that became a pivotal moment in the fight against racial violence and injustice. Her case was brought to the attention of activists, including Rosa Parks, who helped organize a campaign demanding justice. The men were never convicted, but the case significantly influenced the civil rights movement.
Who is Recy Taylor?
This amendment overturned Dred Scott v. Sandford by defining citizenship for all persons born or naturalized in the U.S. and guaranteeing that no state may deny them equal protection under the law.
What is the 14th Amendment?
I read the signs in the sky above, claimed visions and a mission from up above. In 1831 I led an uprising that left about 60 white people dead.
Who is Nat Turners Rebellion ?
What is the importance of the Civil Rights Cases of 1883?
Overruled the Civil Rights Act of 1875.
This Supreme Court decision, widely regarded as one of the most infamous rulings in U.S. history, declared that African Americans, whether free or enslaved, could not be considered citizens and had no standing to sue in federal court.
What is Dred Scott v. Sandford 1857?
This race riot was a result of the emancipation proclamation and the conscription acts that allowed individuals to find replacements in the draft for $300s, that led to tensions between the Irish and Black individuals.
What is the New York Race/Draft Riots of 1863?
Enacted in Southern states after the Civil War, these laws made it illegal for newly freed African Americans to be without work or housing, forcing many into labor contracts that closely resembled slavery. Name these laws
What are Black Codes & Vagrancy Laws?
I lived in both free and slave territories, and argued that made me free. My case reached the Supreme Court, where Chief Justice Taney ruled that neither freedom nor citizenship could ever belong to me.
Who is Dred Scott
After this individuals arrest there was public outrage in Massachusetts, leading to petition fugitive slave laws and in 1843, a law was passed to protect personal liberty. What is the name of the individual & the name of the law?
Who is George Latimer & Latimer Law?
This court case was referenced in Plessy v. Ferguson, to prove that separation did not mean one race was inferior to the other. Became known as the birth of Jim Crow in the North.
What is Roberts v City of Boston 1850?
The resolution of the disputed 1876 presidential election included a deal that effectively ended federal intervention in Southern state governments, paving the way for Jim Crow laws. What is this event know as?
What is the Compromise of 1877?
Which Act/Law denied 'runaway' slaves a jury trial. If caught aiding or abetting a runaway one could be jailed for 6 months or charged with $1,000 fine. Allowed fugitive slave commissioners to be paid regardless if person was returned. Name the law and correct year .
What is the Fugitive Slave Law of 1850?
Harvard trained a philosopher with plural views, I saw art as the nation’s muse. ‘The New Negro’ was my decree, to shape Black pride intellectually.
Who is Alain Leroy Locke