AFAM 002B Chapter Notes - Chapter 16: Negro Academy, Alpha Phi Alpha, Alpha Kappa Alpha
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African americans in the early twentieth century (1895 1928) Bolded = key terms, concepts, facts, ideas, persons. Highlighted/bolded = material that will be on the test. What were the defining characteristics of the black elite: talented tenth formed protest organizations, joined reform efforts, organized self-help groups, leaders were middle- and upper-class black people better educated than most. Textbook notes: 1906 alpha phi alpha cornell university first black fraternity, 1908 alpha kappa alpha howard university first black sorority, black fraternities and sororities stressed scholarship, social graces, and community involvement. Attorney william h lewis: granville woods locomotive engineer 45 patents synchronous multiplex railway. Textbook notes: federal agencies and buildings were fully segregated under. Wilson"s tenure: 1914 meeting with trotter, wilson defended segregation as means to avoid friction, became irritated with trotter and abruptly ended the meeting. Black men and the military in world war i. In response, wilson dispatched a punitive expedition with 14,00 troops under.