African Americans - individuals

Question 1

what was E.J. Waring’s view on civil rights

Answer 1

• believed in remaining within the law and using it as a means to gain rights (1900)

Question 2

Booker T. Washington views?

Answer 2

believed in Personal improvement (work+education) over political civil rights.

Question 3

What did Booker T. Washington do to aid civil rights?

Answer 3

• Privately financed court cases challenging segregation.
• Founded the NNBL (1900) – to enhance the economic prosperity of AAs.

Question 4

What positive longterm factor should be considered with the impact of Booker T. Washington?

Answer 4

• focus on economic equality - anticipated the post 1964 direction of Civil-rights, which saw the key to success as reducing poverty.

Question 5

What did Du Bois do?

Answer 5

• He shifted attention to the need to publicise civil rights + to organise
• However, focussed heavily on Pan-Africanism instead of CR
• edited ‘the crisis’ (1910)

Question 6

What is the impact of Malcolm X?

Answer 6

• influence in promoting a sense of pride and identity among AAs
• Ballot and the bullet speach (1964) - fight for rights

Question 7

How was King smart in his tactics?

Answer 7

• King understood the power of rhetoric
• His aims were integration and equality, with white cooperation.
• added emotional appeal - “the most segregated city in America” (birmingham riots 1963)

Question 8

Who was Rodney King

Answer 8

Victim of police brutality in 1991 (beating was recorded and publicised)