Women and the Fight for Reform Women in the late 19th century‚ except in the few western states where they could vote‚ were denied much of a role in the governing process. Nonetheless‚ educated the middle-class women saw themselves as a morally uplifting force and went on to be reformers. Jane Addams opened the social settlement of Hull House in 1889. It offered an array of services to help the poor deal with slum housing‚ disease‚ crowding‚ jobless‚ infant mortality‚ and
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Wells was an important figure in American history because of her intense work as an African American civil rights advocate‚ which includes her strong cause against lynchings. Her multiple articles and writings outlined the injustices that African Americans faced‚ some of which were inspired by personal encounters. She fought against the segregation of African Americans and their exclusion from organizations‚ like the
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about the fact that African-Americans were to be seen as equals. Many whites looked down upon African- Americans‚ but there was one major group that exercised a practice called lynching. The process of lynching was in retaliation of the hatred towards blacks and whites that were sympathetic to blacks. The act of lynching continued up until the late 1870’s. The Jim Crow laws also came about creating a “separate but equal” tone to society. Political limitations were a big thing in the South. The literacy
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harder for them to get caught and get punished if a whole group of people were doing the same thing (Smith). One behavior of mob mentality is that people would go and watch people get hanged as a social event (“Strange Fruit:Anniversary of a Lynching”). Lynchings were something that people would go to and watch after work (“Strange Fruit:Anniversary of
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as second class citizens. Lynching became a big way to enforce Jim Crow laws. The lynchings were advertised. Groups of people would gather around to watch an African American get lynched. It was like a show that was being put on for the whites amusement. Thomas Moss‚ owner of the people’s grocery‚ had a mob heading his way to take him out of business. He defended himself
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people where allowed to beat black people and there were no consequences because the police‚ prosecutors‚ judges‚ juries and prison officers were all white‚ this gave a method of social control. The most extreme forms of Jim Crow violence were lynchings. Lynchings are extreme‚ even sadistic forms of violence performed in public‚ these violent acts were performed on black men and women and included‚ burning at the stake‚ beaten to death‚ hung‚ shot‚ castrated or
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particular‚ to be valued and respected by the white south. However‚ they differed significantly in the means by which they believed such change would come about. Ida B. Wells told the truth in a way that made many whites uncomfortable‚ addressing lynching and other racially motivated atrocities directly and proposing that African Americans collectively leverage economic power through strikes and boycotts‚ and individually protect themselves from lynches with weapons. In contrast‚ Washington was more
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equality in the face of ingrained social customs. At the very center of the period of Reconstruction was the lynching of African Americans. Wells faced these struggles throughout her life as her pursuit for personal fulfillment was thwarted by others using race as a barrier of separation. However‚ Wells did not let her race‚ gender‚ or class deny her from being outspoken about such issues as lynchings and sought to define herself in the face of what they say about her. In Davidson’s book‚ Ida B. Wells used
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However‚ when cross burnings didn’t stop‚ civil rights activists‚ the Klan went on to beatings and public whippings. Lynchings were usually used on blacks. Often‚ big groups of people would take part in lynching‚ ranging from teenagers to eighty-year-old hardcore racists. After the lynchings‚ the mob proudly posed for pictures with the victim still hanging from the tree. Many such pictures were displayed in public places in Mississippi‚ Alabama‚ and Georgia
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tensions and larger conflicts that led to the lynching of Thomas Moss? How did Ida B. Well’s campaign contribute to the consolidation of the organized African American women’s movement? The underlying tensions that led to the lynching of Thomas Moss are that there was still racism in that society despite the fact that they were black free men. The whites did not want any blacks to have their own business. The larger conflict that led to the lynching of Thomas Moss was that he owned a grocery store
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