Improvements for Blacks 1920s Flashcards
Where were education and job opportunities better for blacks?
In the north
Eg Howard University for Blacks
What encouraged blacks to set up their own businesses?
Black Capitalist Movement
What did the Black Capitalist Movement do to Chicago’s chain stores?
Boycotted them until they employed black people
What were some examples of high profile blacks that emerged?
Actor Paul Robeson
Writer Zora Hurston
Poets Langston Hughes and Countee Cullen
Where was the centre of black pride and creativity?
Harlem with the Apollo Theatre
What was set up to campaign for an end to racial segregation and lynching?
NAACP
National Association for the Advancement of Coloured People
How many branches and members did the NAACP have by 1919?
300 branches
90,000 members
What did Marcus Garvey found?
The UNIA
Universal Negro Improvement Association
What did the UNIA encourage?
Black to be proud of their race
Helped them set up businesses- grocers, laundries etc
What did Marcus Garvey want blacks to do to escape persecution?
Help blacks move to Africa
How many members did UNIA have by 1921?
Over 1 million
