PROTESTS ACTIVISM AND CIVIL DISOBEDIENCE 1954 1973
THE CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT DURING THE 1950S
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They became freedom riders.
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They published abolitionist newspapers.
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They worked for improvement in civil rights.
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They established schools that were “separate-but-equal".
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Detailed explanation-1: -Ida B. Wells, a journalist from Memphis, Tennessee led the campaign against the lynching of African Americans. She was outraged by Washington’s silence on lynching. Du Bois emerged as one of Washington’s most constant and vocal critics.
Detailed explanation-2: -Washington did publicly speak out against the evils of segregation, lynching, and discrimination in voting. He also secretly participated in lawsuits involving voter registration tests, exclusion of blacks from juries, and unequal railroad facilities.
Detailed explanation-3: -Booker T. Washington of Virginia and William Edward Burghardt DuBois of Massachusetts, held two very different proposals regarding the best way for African Americans to improve their situations. While their methods may have differed, both of these remarkable men had a common goal in the uplift of the black community.