Early Civil Rights Movements Flashcards
Which best describes the purpose of the Niagara movement?
to support social and political rights for African-Americans
Why did W.E.B. Du Bois call Marcus Garvey “the most dangerous enemy of the Negro race in America”?
Garvey’s views prompted racial separation
Marcus Garvey advocated for
pan Africanism, which was a movement to unify all people of African descent.
Which of the following best describes one reason that the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People was formed?
to stop violence against African-Americans
Who called for a revival of the abolitionist spirit when he joined the Niagara Movement?
William English Walling
Read the quotation by W.E.B Du Bois?
“ We refuse to allow the impression to remain that the Negro American assents to inferiority, is submissive under oppression and apologetic before insults.”
in this quotation, Du Bois disagrees with Booker T. Washington’s accommodationist approach because Du Bois believes that
temporarily accepting discrimination will not lead to equality
Which of the following is one way that Booker T. Washington believed that African-Americans could achieve equality?
through education and learning job skills
Which of the following was a major goal of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People when it was formed in 1909?
to end segregation
W.E.B Du Bois was a sociologist and activist who:
fought for the political and social rights of African-Americans
Which best describes a major problem faced by the Niagara movement?
lack of organizational structure
