What Were The Rights Of African Americans Considered The Same During The Harlem Renaissance?
The new south is the name if the south as it became racist after the civil war. The south gets defeated and we have reconstruction. Then it comes back as the new south, a racist Jim Crow south. Jim Crow laws were laws that discriminated against free blacks. These laws took away their civil rights. Laws that did not allow you to vote, would not allow them to have jobs, had curfews, and every horrible thing you can imagine. Civil rights are the rights you were supposed to have under the constitution. All your freedoms and the amendments were out the window if you were black.
The KKK is a terrorist organization created to terrorize free blacks into being second class citizens. A terrorist group is when someone is using violence and especially …show more content…
That gave African Americans a new identity. Before the Harlem Renaissance, they did not have an identity. African Americans were not a priority and they were overlooked. With the Harlem Renaissance, they were someone with a voice. Young black intellectuals was a group of educated black men who led the Harlem Renaissance. There are two people that are huge forces during this time period. W. E. B. Du Bois created the NAACP to fight for free blacks to become educated. The only way black people would survive is if they were educated intellectuals. The NAACP stands for National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. It was an organization that had a team of lawyers, and they fought for African American rights. Booker T. Washington was an African American leader who advocated financial independence and technical …show more content…
The Harlem Renaissance was had a huge impact on the world and its population. This period showed us who African Americans really were. The south made black people's lives impossible in every aspect. They even created laws known as Jim Crow laws. These laws made the slaves lives so miserable. These laws were created to restrict any kind of freedom black slaves had. For an example freedom of speech, these African Americans had no right to speak up and say what they thought was wrong or right. However, the Harlem renaissance gave these African Americans a new voice. This renaissance gave African Americans a chance to show us their culture and
The KKK is a terrorist organization created to terrorize free blacks into being second class citizens. A terrorist group is when someone is using violence and especially …show more content…
That gave African Americans a new identity. Before the Harlem Renaissance, they did not have an identity. African Americans were not a priority and they were overlooked. With the Harlem Renaissance, they were someone with a voice. Young black intellectuals was a group of educated black men who led the Harlem Renaissance. There are two people that are huge forces during this time period. W. E. B. Du Bois created the NAACP to fight for free blacks to become educated. The only way black people would survive is if they were educated intellectuals. The NAACP stands for National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. It was an organization that had a team of lawyers, and they fought for African American rights. Booker T. Washington was an African American leader who advocated financial independence and technical …show more content…
The Harlem Renaissance was had a huge impact on the world and its population. This period showed us who African Americans really were. The south made black people's lives impossible in every aspect. They even created laws known as Jim Crow laws. These laws made the slaves lives so miserable. These laws were created to restrict any kind of freedom black slaves had. For an example freedom of speech, these African Americans had no right to speak up and say what they thought was wrong or right. However, the Harlem renaissance gave these African Americans a new voice. This renaissance gave African Americans a chance to show us their culture and