https://padlet.com/karen7_thomas/86q5xwzl8yvn Fighting for Change en-us 2019-03-22 17:27:26 UTC 2019-03-22 17:55:36 UTC hello@padlet.com karen7_thomas https://padlet.com/karen7_thomas/86q5xwzl8yvn/wish/344324794
After the American Civil War had ended the descendants of African slaves were given new freedom with the passage of the 13th, 14th and 15th amendment. Unfortunately, they discovered that they were not yet truly free! Groups who refused to let go of the reigns of slavery found ways to keep them oppressed. Laws like Jim Crow and the Black Codes were designed to keep the descendants in their rightful place – working at the heels of their slave masters.]]> 2019-03-22 17:31:04 UTC https://padlet.com/karen7_thomas/86q5xwzl8yvn/wish/344324794 karen7_thomas https://padlet.com/karen7_thomas/86q5xwzl8yvn/wish/344325363
Organizations like the Urban League, the Niagara Movement, the NAACP and the Anti-Lynching Campaign entered the scene because they were fed up with the treatment that the descendants of African slaves received. Their goal was to change the narrative and treatment of the descendants.]]> 2019-03-22 17:32:05 UTC https://padlet.com/karen7_thomas/86q5xwzl8yvn/wish/344325363 karen7_thomas https://padlet.com/karen7_thomas/86q5xwzl8yvn/wish/344325690
In 1905, The Niagara Movement, a civil-rights founded by activist W. E. B. Du Bois whose sole purpose was to bring about social and political change for African Americans. The group demanded an end to segregation and discrimination in unions, the courts, and public accommodations, as well as equality of economic and educational opportunity. Unfortunately the group had little impact on legislative action. ]]> 2019-03-22 17:32:52 UTC https://padlet.com/karen7_thomas/86q5xwzl8yvn/wish/344325690 karen7_thomas https://padlet.com/karen7_thomas/86q5xwzl8yvn/wish/344326127 The National Association of the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) was formed in 1909, it was a champion of social justice, which has fought long and hard to ensure that the voices of African Americans would be heard. The group was formed by W. E. B. Du Bois, the first African-American to receive a PhD from Harvard University.







]]> 2019-03-22 17:33:12 UTC https://padlet.com/karen7_thomas/86q5xwzl8yvn/wish/344326127 karen7_thomas https://padlet.com/karen7_thomas/86q5xwzl8yvn/wish/344326389 Outraged by abduction murdered three young African-American businessmen in Memphis, Ida B. Wells began keeping records of the  large numbers of lynchings that took place in America. Wells, was an African-American journalist. She was born a slave and became an activist after she was ordered to leave her seat on a streetcar and move to a segregated car.

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The Anti-Lynching Campaign later became one of the NAACP’s central goals.



]]> 2019-03-22 17:34:02 UTC https://padlet.com/karen7_thomas/86q5xwzl8yvn/wish/344326555 karen7_thomas https://padlet.com/karen7_thomas/86q5xwzl8yvn/wish/344326844 The National Urban League (NUL) founded in 1910, mission was to help African American migrants assimilate into urban life.  The group began with the merger of three smaller groups, The National League for the Protection of Colored Women, The Committee for Improving the Industrial Conditions for Negroes in New York, and the Committee on Urban Conditions Among Negroes in New York. All three were dedicated to helping Americans urban newcomers mainly from the South, expand their employment, housing, healthcare, and educational opportunities. The groups guiding principle - promote positive interracial interaction by persuading whites that they should work with African Americans for mutual advantage.



]]> 2019-03-22 17:34:41 UTC https://padlet.com/karen7_thomas/86q5xwzl8yvn/wish/344326844 karen7_thomas https://padlet.com/karen7_thomas/86q5xwzl8yvn/wish/344327173 "The cost of liberty is less than the price of repression."



]]> 2019-03-22 17:35:32 UTC https://padlet.com/karen7_thomas/86q5xwzl8yvn/wish/344327173 karen7_thomas https://padlet.com/karen7_thomas/86q5xwzl8yvn/wish/344330967 Asserting Equality: Black Political Activism During Reconstruction

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