Divisions in the Black Community

Question 1

Knowledge 1

Answer 1

W. E. De Bois founded the National Association for the Advancement of colored people (NAACP) in 1909, which tried to fight the battle against disenfranchisement and sought to reduce racial segregation and white supremacy. De Bois believed in and supported racial integration.

Question 2

Knowledge 2

Answer 2

Furthermore, Marcus Garvey founded the Universal Negro Improvement Association (UNIA) in 1914 which were an organization committed to black separatism and unlike De. Bois, opposed racial integration.

Question 3

Analysis 1

Answer 3

This was an important obstacle from preventing black people from achieving civil rights because it was ineffective. Although it had 91 000 members in 1919, it made little progress as it didn’t appeal to ordinary black people.

Question 4

Analysis 2

Answer 4

This was an important obstacle to preventing black people from achieving civil rights as the existence of different organizations with different ideologies and aims reduced the impact on the fight for civil rights as there was no unified movement

Question 5

Counter Analysis

Answer 5

However, In 1941, Rnadof organized a mass march to demand an end to segregation and discrimination in the USA and president Roosevelt stated that in exchange for the cancellation of the march there should be no discrimination in the work place because of race.

Question 6

Golden Nugget

Answer 6

division in the black communities was a big obstacle in preventing black people from achieving civil rights by 1941, as the lack of unity meant that little progress was achieved