AA FINAL TEST GUIDE

How did african americans build working class and agricultural alliances from 1877-1900?

They joined intercultural labor unions as well as creating black labor unions to adress issues of segregation and higher wages. Organizations such as the knights of labor were for interracial labor worker unions. They led the 1887 Louisiana sugarcane strike.

How did the UNIA expand its reach?

Led by Marcus Garvey, the universal negro improvement association expanded its reach by the usage of the Negro world newspaper which had around 500,000 copies in its time. The organization ad marcus garvey promoted africa for africans movement

How did activist respond to the setbacks in the movement for human dignity?

Groups had turned towards militancy and the idea of black power. A specific group that did this was the SNCC. Leaders also turned to high profile leaders like MLK jr. to draw national attention to racial struggles like during the Albany movement

What created the rise of “two black Americas” in the 1970s and 1980’s?

The split was due to economic decline and unequal benefits of segregation among black people. The policy of affirmative action helped benefit the middle class into integrating into professional workplace environments. By 1985 the US census said that 1 out of three black people were below the poverty line. the ratio of the black to white cent per dollar dropped to 58 cents per dollar by 1979

How did black feminist reshape Black Politics, culture and identity?

Black feminist acknowledged the intersectionality of discrimination that the Black women face in the black nationalism movement, as well as the women’s movement. They founded the National Black feminist organization in 1973 to address such unique issues black women face in both black and women spaces. Activist Margaret Wright spoke on the discrimination faced in the black community like wife bartering and unequal household chores. Alice walker contributed to the cultural movement of the multiculturalism life of a black women, by creating the color purple.