AA REVISION: ACTIVISTS

Frederick Douglas

pressed for universal suffrage, 1870 ‘New national era’ magazine in DC to give advise in transition from slave to freedman

Charles Sumner

in the senate 1851-74, radical republican

Thaddeus Stevens

in h of r 1859-1868, radical republican

General Oliver Howard

set up freedman’s bureau 1865 for more education opportunities for AAs

Blanche K Bruce

sat in senate 1875-81, but not enough support

Ida B Wells

set up NACW, pushed for anti-lynching bill

Booker T Washington

tuskegee institute 1881, ‘up from slavery’ book 1901, prioritised economic equality

WEB du Bois

cultural pride, co-founded NAACP? Niagra movement, elitist

Marcus Garvey

founded UNIA 1914, black starline 1919, return to Africa, takes with KKK in 1922

Philip Randolf

threatened march on mashington 1941 with 100,000- got Roosevelt to listen and sign executibe order 8802

Thurgood Marshall

appointed black justice in 1967, won brown vs topeka case

Ella Baker

organised SNCC, NAACP activist

Rosa Parks

started montogomery bus boycott, founded Rosa and Reymond park institute

Martin Luthur King

non violent, sounded SCLC, involved in bus boycott, 1963 march on Wash and ‘i have a dream’ speech. 1960s- opposed Vietnam war, hamburger quote

Fred Shuttersworth

helped mlk with birmingham protest 1963

Ralph Abernathy

led poor people’s campaign 1968, mentor to MLK

Malcolm X

OAAU 1964, kicked from Nation of Islam 1963, lower class appeal, Mohammed speaks journal

Stokley Carmicheal

leader of SNCC 1966, more militant

Newton/Seale

black panther founders, influenced by black power

Jesse Jackson

non-violent, rainbow coalition 1984, ran for president, operation push 1971 to improve economic situation