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1 Seeds of Civil Rights Notes What message did early Civil Rights leaders give to African Americans?

2  Booker T. Washington  WEB Dubois  Marcus Garvey

3 Booker T. Washington WEB DuBois Marcus Garvey

4  Believed that African Americans should work within the system.  Should become educated, productive members of society.  Should pursue an industrial education in college.  Should work to acquire wealth and property.

5  Believed African Americans should fight against lynching.  Insisted on equality.  Supported the creation of the “New Negro” image.  Worked to end school segregation.  Promoted fair practices in employment and housing.

6  Believed that racial separation was the best way for African Americans to secure Civil Rights.  Wanted to create new communities in Africa that included factories, railroads, universities, and shipping (Back to Africa Movement).

7  The name given to the cultural, social, and artistic explosion that took place in Harlem between the end of World War I and the middle of the 1930s.  It was a carefully crafted campaign meant to help create a “New Negro” image.

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9  Abolition of slavery  Great Migration  Industrialization and Urbanization  World War I

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11  A new pride in the African American experience.  The trials of living as an African American in a white world.  Expressed a desire for civil rights and equality.  Created a “New Negro” image for white society.


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