Identify the....
...source: "All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the State wherein they reside."
What is the 14th Amendment
The ______ provided assistance to newly emancipated slaves, offering education, healthcare, and employment opportunities during the Reconstruction era.
What is The Freedmen's Bureau
This organization grew out of the Niagara Movement
What is the NAACP
Education
What is Step 2
A World War II-era initiative in the United States that called for victory over both fascism abroad and racism at home.
What is the Double V Campaign
...speaker: "Homesteads to them are far more valuable than the immediate right to suffrage, though both are their due."
Who was Thaddeus Stevens
_____ were laws enacted in Southern states to restrict the rights and freedoms of African Americans, reinforcing social and economic control similar to the pre-war slave codes.
What were Black Codes
This all-Black unit of the New York National Guard became one of the most decorated American regiments in World War I, spending more time in continuous combat than any other U.S. unit.
Who were the Harlem Hellfighters
The universe is on the side of justice.
What is Principle 6
He wrote: The opportunity to earn a dollar in a factory just now is worth infinitely more than the opportunity to spend a dollar in an opera-house.
Who was Booker T Washington
...writer: ...all persons held as slaves within any State or designated part of a State, the people whereof shall then be in rebellion against the United States, shall be then, thenceforward, and forever free...
Who was Abraham Lincoln
His philosophical beliefs around life, liberty and property could be used to justify land reform
Who was John Locke
This way of thinking involves an initial idea, a contrary idea and a synthesis of the two that acknowledges the partial truth of each.
What is Hegelian thinking
Personal Commitment
He successfully pressured President Franklin D. Roosevelt to end racial discrimination in defense industries through a canceled march.
Who was A Philip Randolph
...speaker: "Congress has no constitutional right to confiscate lands from its legal owners, many of whom were left destitute after the war."
Who was Burwell Ritter
He became the first African American to hold a gubernatorial position in the United States.
Who was Pinckney Pinchback
This term, famously used by Mahatma Gandhi, relies on the power of truth and love to achieve justice.
What is satyagraha
Avoid internal violence of the spirit as well as external physical violence
What is Principle 5
The first African American woman to be commissioned as an officer in the Women's Army Corps (WAC) during World War II.
Who was Charity Adams
..poem: He lieth in his blood/The father in his face;
They have killed him, the Forgiver/The Avenger takes his place,
What is "The Martyr"
This Act aimed to guarantee equal treatment in public accommodations and on public transportation, but its enforcement was limited, and it was eventually declared unconstitutional.
What was the 1875 Civil Rights Act
This symbol signifies that progress requires understanding history, retrieving forgotten knowledge, and using it to thrive.
What is the sankofa bird
The Beloved Community is the framework for the future.
What is Principle 2
Give the historic context of this quote: I am of the opinion that the statute of Louisiana is inconsistent with the personal liberties of citizens, white and black, in that State, and hostile to both the spirit and the letter of the Constitution of the United States.
What is the dissenting opinion in Plessy