Dream Deferred Flashcards
What is the theme of the poem Dream Deferred by Langston Hughes?
Desegregation
What was the ruling of Plessy V Ferguson?
Separate but equal is constitutional
Who was Marcus Garvey?
The Jamaican born founder of the Universal Negro improvement Association. He had the idea to go back to Africa and build an empire there
Who were the Tuskegee airmen what idea did they establish?
World War II African-American airmen who accompanied American bombers. They proved Blacks could do anything that whites can do
What were Truman’s ideas behind “to “secure these rights”?
Stronger antilynching laws, voting rights, job-training, desegregation
How was the military desegregated 1948?
By Truman’s Executive Order
Who were the Dixiecrats?
States rights Democrats, an annex of the Democratic Party
