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Activity 1 - Progress of a People

Learning Guide: 1898 African American Council Meeting

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Segregation and Violence session:

Protection of American Citizens Pamphlet - "The Black Laws" by Bishop B. W. Arnett
  1. What occurred when federal enforcement of the 14th Amendment stopped in 1877?
  2. Name three significant accomplishments of Bishop B. W. Arnett.

Mob-violence and Anarchy, North and South Pamphlet - "Lynch Laws in Georgia" by Ida B. Wells-Barnett

  1. Name three offenses for which African Americans were lynched.
  2. What was the real purpose of the savage demonstrations toward Negroes?
  3. For what is Ida B. Wells best known?
  4. In the photograph of George Meadows, the title given to him, "murderer and rapist," is significant because. . .


Solving the Race Problem session:

Industrial Education Pamphlet - "Nineteenth Annual Report of the Tuskegee Institute" by Booker T. Washington
  1. Why were schools such as Tuskegee Institute significant in advancing the causes of African Americans?
  2. What was some of the criticism of the Tuskegee Institute?
  3. Why could Booker T. Washington be viewed as a hypocrite?

Higher Education Pamphlet - "The Primary Needs of the Negro Race" by Kelly Miller

  1. What was meant by "practical education" at the Hampton & Tuskegee Institutes?
  2. What kind of education did the Niagara Movement support?
  3. What view of education did Kelly Miller support?


Contributions to the Nation session:

Address to the Country Pamphlet - "An Address Delivered at the Cotton States Exposition" by Booker T. Washington
  1. Was Booker T. Washington's speech received better by whites or blacks?
  2. When Washington said, "make...both races one.", did he mean integration? Explain.
  3. Explain the quote, "The opportunity to earn a dollar in a factory just now is worth infinitely more than the opportunity to spend a dollar in an opera house."
  4. Did Washington favor immigrants over freed slaves? Why or why not?

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