LIFE IN ANTEBELLUM AMERICA 1807 1861
AMERICAN RENAISSANCE UNIQUELY AMERICAN ART LITERATURE AND CULTURE
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Took 10, 00 protesters to the street to have black prejudice removed and equality for all races and colors
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Wanted a totally different society for black prejudice.
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Either A or B
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -Johnson left the diplomatic world to join the civil rights movement in 1916 as a field secretary for NAACP, where he helped open new branches and expand membership. He also campaigned for a federal anti-lynching bill and spoke at the 1919 National Conference on Lynching.
Detailed explanation-2: -After graduating from Atlanta University, Johnson worked as a principal in a grammar school, founded a newspaper, The Daily American, and became the first African American to pass the Florida Bar. His published works include The Autobiography of an Ex-Colored Man (1912) and God’s Trombones (1927).
Detailed explanation-3: -The struggles and aspirations of American Blacks form a central theme in the 30 or so poems that Johnson wrote as a student. Returning to Jacksonville in 1894, Johnson was appointed a teacher and principal of the Stanton School and managed to expand the curriculum to include high school-level classes.
Detailed explanation-4: -At the second annual meeting on May 12, 1910, the Committee adopted the formal name of the organization-the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP). The NAACP’s goals were the abolition of segregation, discrimination, disenfranchisement, and racial violence, particularly lynching.