the U.S. government as an education superintendent in the Philippines. In 1912‚ Dr. Woodson then attended Harvard University‚ where he would then receive his doctorate’s degree; thus becoming the second African American to earn a Ph.D. after W.E.B. Du Bois. After schooling‚ Dr. Woodson then turns his direction towards the field of African American history in hopes that this subject was taught in schools and studied by scholars. Three years after receiving his doctorate’s Woodson helped find the Association
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were more so focused on recreating the past society instead of renovating a new society. It can be argued‚ however‚ that reconstruction was a success and the South made an attempt to change‚ but was burdened with the freedmen. The historian W.E.B. Du Bois states that Reconstruction was already complicated because of the war and was further complicated with the addition of freedmen‚ or the freed blacks. He states that‚ “the moral effect of an unsuccessful war with all its letting down of social standards
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Essay 2: Racism‚ a construction tool for minorities? Racism particularly is the perception that a generally particular race or ethnicity for the most part is actually advanced or not so good‚ (according to how some kind of particular type of people think) as some kind of other in a subtle way. it can also for the most part be viewed as the hatred that one sort of individual for all intents and purposes has for another -- or the understanding or belief that some for all intents and purposes other
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1.5.3 Test (TS): Populism and Progressivism U.S. History Sem 2 (S2558062) Points possible: 60 Test Corina Reyes Date: ____________ The Big Question How did farmers‚ activists‚ workers and politicians face the problems of industrial America during the Populist and Progressive Eras? Section 1: Short-answer questions (30 points) In this section‚ you will write a two- to three-sentence response to each of the following items. Remember to use examples and be specific. 1. What factors caused many
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writers‚ and performers. During the Harlem Renaissance‚ African-Americans moved up North to Harlem‚ an upper-middle white class neighborhood in New York City. In Harlem‚ African-Americans used their voices to protest racial Violence. For example‚ W.E.B Du Bois a founding member of NAACP led a parade of African-Americans in New York to protest racial violence. As you can see‚ this is a birth scream and it is modern because this is the first time African-Americans got together in the streets to march against
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Du Bois was a prominent advocate for African American rights and the editor of The Crisis‚ which was published by the NAACP (pg. 158). In this article‚ he called for the U.S. to uphold its promises for equality for all people. He stated that African Americans
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trying to control blacks. Blacks were controlled in many ways‚ one of the ways that they were controlled was that they did not receive a proper education. “If you control a man’s thinking then you will not have to worry about their actions” (W.E.B Du Bois). It is obvious that the reason for oppressing blacks in America is fear. Fear will only corrupt one’s mind‚ “ people who shut their eyes to reality simply invite their own destruction‚ and anyone who insist on remaining in a state of innocence long
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Why did Reconstruction fail? Reconstruction in the United States is historically known as the time in America‚ shortly after the Civil War‚ in which the United States attempted to readdress the inequalities‚ especially of slavery and many other economic‚ social and politically issues including the poor relationship between the North and the South of America. These problems were highly significant in America‚ and a variety of groups in government tried to resolve these problems‚ but this only led
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Harlem Renaissance‚ a blossoming (c. 1918–37) of African American culture‚ particularly in the creative arts‚ and the most influential movement in African American literary history. Embracing literary‚ musical‚ theatrical‚ and visual arts‚ participants sought to reconceptualize “the Negro” apart from the white stereotypes that had influenced black peoples’ relationship to their heritage and to each other. They also sought to break free of Victorian moral values and bourgeois shame about aspects of
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Wheatly´s poem “On being brought from Africa to America” consists of two central messages. First Wheatly´s gratitude for her Christian salvation that “mercy” embodied as the enslavement brought her not only to America‚ but‚ “thaught [her] benighted soul to understand.” Second there is a subtle message‚ a delicate revolutionary thought‚ dealing with the issue of race. “Remember‚ Christians‚ Negros‚ black as Cain” describes the importance to remember that those who do right according to Christian
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