History 2301E Lecture : Lecture 34 - African Americans in the Progressive Era
7 Feb 2012
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facilities never equal, blacks had poorer schools, etc: not reversed until 1954 y jim crow laws, way to separate races, ride in separate street cars, schools/textbooks separate, blacks excluded from sports. e. g. boxing and mlb y different leaders, different strategies: frederick douglass. born a slave in maryland, taught to read by his master s wife. 1838 escaped from slavery, 1841 spoke at abolitionist meeting. died in 1895: booker t. washington. most powerful black political figure in america. founder of the tuskegee institute in 1881 y taught african americans in schools y wanted them to make themselves useful to southern whites. wrote up from slavery; celebrates hard work. to get civil rights, they had to be economically useful: w. e. b. The problem of the twentieth century is the problem of the color-line , 1903. born 1868 in massachusetts, educated at harvard. wrote the souls of black folk y.
