papers. Through her writing‚ she was able to attack issues dealing with discrimination against African-American people. Ida B. Wells became an international activist for African-American rights when she informed the English people about lynching in America. She became a well-known lecturer‚ activist‚ and organizer in American and in England. Wells established the Negro Fellowship League‚ the Ida B. Wells Women’s Club‚ the National Association of Colored Women and was extremely
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Jim Crow laws mandated the segregation of public schools‚ public places‚ public transportation‚ restrooms‚ restaurants‚ and drinking fountains for whites and blacks. The U.S. military was also segregated. The Jim Crow laws and the high rate of lynchings in the South were major factors which lead to the Great Migration during the 20th century. Because opportunities were so limited in the South‚ African Americans moved in great numbers to northern cities to seek better lives‚ becoming an
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maintenance‚ and‚ eventually‚ the end of Jim Crow. The Supreme Court’s sanctioning of segregation (by upholding the "separate but equal" language in state laws) in the Plessey v. Ferguson case in 1896 and the refusal of the federal government to enact anti-lynching laws meant that black Americans were left to their own devices for surviving Jim Crow (Davis). In many instances African Americans tried to avoid the engaging of Caucasians in order to avoid possible conflict. However‚ in doing so African Americans
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supremacists‚ while with Negroes‚ was treated with courtesies‚ even by strangers. When Griffin gets news that a white jury rejected a case of a black lynching‚ Griffin decides to go to the heart of the deep south‚ Mississippi to check it out. Even with the risk of his life‚ Griffin decides to take a bus to Hattiesburg into the deep south to check out the lynching case. At the bus station‚ Griffin acquired "hate stares " from many whites on the benches waiting for their buses. Griffin boarded the bus‚ and
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they were not entitled to the same education and laws as their white masters and often endured extreme brutality and hardships because of their so called inferior status. One such example of this brutality was a practice at that time ‚ known as lynching. Lynching is a form of mob justice in which the victims were hanged or burned. Sometimes many innocent black people suspected of a crime were lynched without a trial or protection from the law and other authorities. This cruel practice was just one way
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For innumerable decades‚ egregious amounts of discrimination towards a race deemed to be less superior‚ African Americans‚ were legalized by the Jim Crow laws of southern America. In fact‚ Jim Crow laws sanctioned racial injustice and took African Americans natural rights‚ like the right to vote‚ away from them. Also‚ almost any act of violence towards African Americans was overlooked‚ and segregation was regulated. The normalization of racial injustice essentially puts whites on a pedestal‚ making
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Between 1877 and 1920‚ white southerners were persistent about limiting the rights of African Americans by setting out objectives they soon wish to accomplish that demanded blacks to remain inferior throughout society. The Jim Crow era was characterized by legalized segregation‚ lynch mobs‚ and white supremacy which caused a dark oppressive period of American race relations from 1890 to 1910 (Campbell). The period which the states of Confederacy were controlled by the federal government and social
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drew attention towards her opinions like her powerful voice in the world of journalism. Under the pen name “Iola”‚ Wells wrote numerous articles aggressively attacking lynching and other unjust actions occurring at the time (Ida B. Wells-Barnett). In a pamphlet published and circulated in Chicago by Wells she often refers to lynching as‚ “savage demonstrations‚” or‚ “unspeakable barbarism‚” (Wells-Barnett). Wells spent many years writing for Memphis’s black newspaper‚ The Free Speech‚ and some articles
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Booker T Washington and W.E.B Du Bois offered different strategies for dealing with the problems of poverty and discrimination faced by black Americans at the end of the 19th and beginning of the 20th centuries. By using my knowledge of the documents and my knowledge of the period 1877-1915‚ I was able to asses the appropriateness of each of the strategies in the historical context in which it was developed. I came to the conclusion that Booker T Washington’s strategy was more appropriate for
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“The way to right wrongs is to turn the light of truth upon them.” This quote by Ida B Wells-Garnett solidifies what the purpose of journalism is. The purpose of journalism is to enlighten people of current events. It is meant to enlighten people of all the truths of their society. It is meant to help people find a place for themselves in the world. Throughout Ms. Wells’ life‚ she showcased the bravery and strength needed to shed light on the wrongs of the world she lives in. She fought for the rights
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