Response to Racism

Response to Racism

African american leaders in the late 1800's

From Enslaved to Educational Pioneer

America After Reconstruction

Leaders Unite

A Nation separated

the work of booker t. washington

The Birth of the NAACP

The Brave Journalist

A Small Town Boy Breaks Barriers

Ida B. Wells fight for justice

The Rise of W.E.B. DuBois

Ida B. Wells: The Brave Truth-Teller Using Her Pen to Fight for Justice

Her Early Life

Her Journey to Journalism

From Tragedy to Action

Exposing the Truth

Growing Up in Hard Times

The Power of Dreams

Fighting for an Education

Learning Important Lessons

FROM PLANTION TO POWER

Becoming a Leader

DuBois's Fight for Political Rights

Saw education as path to equality Believed in teaching arts and sciences Wanted rights and education right away Started questioning other leaders' ideas Developed plans for racial progress

Born in 1868 in Massachusetts Had an early love for learning and school Wrote for his local newspaper as a teenager Attended Fisk University and Harvard University Studied with top professors in Europe

A Powerful Civil Rights Organization

Why It Was Created:

• Started after a terrible race riot in Springfield, Illinois (1908)

• White and Black leaders joined forces

• Wanted to stop violence against Black Americans

• Needed an organization to fight in courts

• Formed in 1909 to demand change

Next

Building the NAACP

How They Worked Used the courts to challenge unfair laws Published "The Crisis" magazine to spread news Gathered evidence of discrimination Hired lawyers to defend Black Americans Built support across the country

Their Big Goals Stop lynching and violence Fight unfair laws in court Get voting rights for Black Americans End segregation in schools Make sure all Americans had equal rights

The Founding Team W.E.B. Du Bois (Black scholar and writer) Ida B. Wells (Black journalist and activist) Other brave supporters, both Black and white.

What Changed After Reconstruction? Federal troops left the South in 1877 Southern states passed unfair "Jim Crow" laws These laws separated Black and white people in:

• Schools
• Restaurants
• Public transportation
• Parks and other public places

What Were the Effects?

• Black Americans lost many rights they had gained
• Voting became very difficult or impossible
• Violence against Black communities increased
• Jobs and education became limited
• Many Black families faced poverty and fear

2010

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1970

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1990

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• Saw the value of learning job skills
• Believed education should be practical
• Wanted to help others like himself
• Learned how to work with different groups
• Started developing his own ideas about progress

1980

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• Born enslaved in 1856 on a Virginia plantation
• Slept on a dirt floor and worked before sunrise
• Had to carry 700-pound sacks of corn to the mill
• Dreamed of learning to read and write
• Freedom came when he was 9 years old

• Three of her close friends were attacked by an angry mob and murdered
• They were successful Black business owners
• Their store competed with white-owned shops
• This personal tragedy made her start investigating
• She wanted to know why this was happening

• Started writing about unfair treatment of Black people
• Bought part ownership of a newspaper called "Free Speech"
• Wrote under the name "Iola"
• Used her writing to tell the truth about racism
• Lost her teaching job because of her articles

Wyhy Booker T. Washington and W.E.B. DuBois Matter

The Founding of the NAACP

• Became a respected teacher
• Developed new ways of teaching
• Caught the attention of important people
• Started sharing his ideas about education
• Prepared to build his own school

• Worked in salt mines and coal mines as a child
• Used his lunch breaks to practice reading
• Overheard other workers talking about a special school
• Decided to find this school no matter what
• Walked 500 miles to Hampton Institute

• Proved that many lynching accusations were lies
• Showed that lynchings were often about money and power
• Published facts and statistics about violence
• Had to leave Memphis because her life was in danger
• Continued her work from New York and Chicago

• Born during the Civil War (1862) in Mississippi
• Parents were enslaved but became free after the war
• Lost both parents to yellow fever at age 16
• Became a teacher to support her younger siblings
• Moved to Memphis, Tennessee to teach

2000

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