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1881-Building of African American Schools

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1881-Building of African American Schools

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Before 1881 there were no colleges for African American students to learn. So Business superpowers owned by Andrew Carnegie and John D. Rockefeller backed Booker T. Washington in the building of trade and economic schools for African Americans. Booker T. Washington thought that African Americans needed to gain economic independence to become rich and gain power so they could fight racism.

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During the great depression many people would blame the economic downfall on African Americans. So in mobs, whites would illegally seize African Americans and kill them. Hundreds would die every year due to lynchings.

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During a trial against a white man for shooting Ed and Charley Brown after spilling a keg of beer, many armed men stormed the court house and opened fire onto the Brown brothers and every other black in the room. In the end only black people were killed and nobody was charged. They did this because they though that African Americans shouldn't be allowed to hold a trial.

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The Capital Savings Bank was the first organized and operated bank by African Americans. It would help build black businesses and helped people survive through the depression of 1893. It would eventually close in 1902 but it inspired many other banks to open.

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During the depression of 1893, many people lost their jobs. Since many African Americans were only allowed to have low paying jobs at that time they didn't have much money saved up. To add on to that many whites blamed and took their anger out on the African Americans by being part of the mobs that do lynchings to kill African Americans

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The Jim Crow Laws led to segregation in schools, trains and other places. Because of this many people started to have negative views on blacks. These laws also made it harder for formerly enslaved people to gain economic independence. It also made it harder to transport around the United States. The "Separate but equal" aspect of the Jim Crow Laws made it so that blacks usually had inferior services than whites.

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The American Negro Academy was an organization of black intellectuals who were promoted to higher levels of education. Their main purpose was to lead and protect their people from vicious assaults. They mainly wanted to promote the academic achievements of African-Americans in areas such as higher education, arts, and science.

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1898-North Carolina Mutual Life Insurance

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1898-North Carolina Mutual Life Insurance

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The North Carolina Mutual Life Insurance Company was the first black owned insurance company in North Carolina and was the largest one in the nation. Its main purpose was to serve the underserved. As of today the North Carolina Mutual Life Insurance Company is still around and serving everyone in the community.

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The Atlanta Riot of 1906 was mainly caused by a fear of black progression. This gave a motive to whites to attack blacks. In self-defence, many African Americans ordered guns and other weapons. After the riot was over, 40 African Americans were killed by a mob of over 10,000.

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The NAACP (National Association for the Advancement of Colored People) Was found by a man name Du Bois who thought we need actively fight discrimination and racism and never accept that they can't fight it. Later it worked for the abolition of segregation and discrimination in housing, education, employment, voting, and transportation.