HIST 112 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Jim Crow Laws, World War I, Roosevelt Corollary
16 Aug 2016
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Lynching- killing and mutilation of black men by white mobs. More about shifting social structure and power dynamics. She wrote a pamphlet called southern horrors in 1892. She noted only about 30% of lynching"s actually had allegations. Marrying/in contact with other races was illegal at this time. The equal in separate but equal never materializes. This was not a call for equality, but rather for racial segregation. The great african american migration northward, 1910-1920- massive migration of aa"s from the south to the north during wwi changes the dynamics of race relations in the u. s. Booker t. washington wanted to encourage white business owners to help black people as well (racial uplift, bi-racial initiative). First aa to attend as a guest to the white house. Racial uplift as strategy for achieving social equality. Idea is that you cast down your bucket and help those below you essentially bringing those up to where you are.
