Social Change : African Americans Flashcards
what racist film was put out in which year
1915 Birth of a Nation
give a timeline of KKK membership 1920-1960
1920s 5 million members
1930s 30,000 members
1944 disbanded but attempted revival by Samuel Greens Association of Georgia Klans however never as successful
1955 Knights of KKK organised Atlanta in response to Brown v Topeka ending school segregation and 3,500 rallied at Stone Mountain
1960 FBI interference
who restricted the KKK’s membership and to what
William J Simmons to white American born protestant men (WABPs)
how powerful was the KKK in 1924
neither major political party were willing to officially denounce it
how many AA migrated north between 1914-18
400,000
how many NAACP members 1914
6000
what was set up in 1914 and by whom
UNIA Universal Negro Improvement association by Marcus Garvey
what occurred in 1919
Race Riots across Northern Cities (Red Summer)
how many members did UNIA have by 1920
2 million
what was set up by whom in 1925 in response to the AFL’s segregationist views
Philip A Randolf set up the African American brotherhood of Sleeping Porters
give a timeline of Marcus Garvey’s achievements
1914- United Negro Improvement Association set up
1920- 2 million members
1927- Macrus Garvey deported
how many AA moved North between 1925-40 and why is it significant
1 million; significant as they moved into black ghettos where Civil Rights support originated and grew
in 1940 how many AA in USA and how many were employed
12.9 million only 5.4 million employed
what was planned in 1941 and what was the government’s response
-Randolf’s march on Washington to protest racism in war industries
-FDR conceded to stop march and passed Executive Order to stop discrimination in war industries
what was set up 1942
Congress for Racial Equality
give a statistic about war in 1943 which shows social progress
by 1943 only 79,000/504,000 AA soldiers overseas bc white commanders refused them
how much did AA voter registration in Old South inc by between 1940-47
2%–>12%
give 3 movements set up between 1910-1945 which shows social change for AA and their years
1914 UNIA United negro Improvement Association Marcus Garvey
1925 African American Brotherhood of Sleeping Porters Philip A Randolph
1942 Congress for Racial Equality
give two migration statistics between 1910-1945
1914-1918 400,000 AA North
1925-1940 1 million AA North
what 2 things did Philip A Randolph do between 1920-1945
1925 set up African American Brotherhood for Sleeping Porters
1941 set up march on Washington to protest racism in war industries and got FDR to concede and pass Executive Order to stop it
