Jim Crow Era Flashcards

Vocabulary flashcards about key figures and concepts during the Jim Crow Era.

Mary Church Terrell

Born during the Civil War to formerly enslaved parents, she was an advocate for black women's rights and education, often representing high class to dispel stereotypes.

Respectability Politics

Efforts by black women to stave off stereotypes by dressing well, covering up, and often straightening their hair.

National Association of Colored Women

An organization Mary Church Terrell was a member of, focused on activism and research.

Mary McLeod Bethune

Born after slavery, she became a prominent figure in black education, a politician during the New Deal, and part of FDR's 'Black Cabinet.'

Black Cabinet

A group of black men and women who worked for different agencies in the federal government during FDR's presidency.

National Council of Negro Women

Founded in the 1930s by Mary McLeod Bethune.

Lathoon Cookman University

A historic Black College/University founded by Mary McLeod Bethune in Daytona, Florida.

Anna Julia Cooper

Born enslaved after the Civil War, she was considered the 'first black female feminist' and explained intersectionality through the lens of black women's uplift and treatment.

A Voice from the South by a Black Woman of the South

A book written by Anna Julia Cooper, addressing racism and sexism faced by black women.

Double Burden

The dual oppressions of racism and sexism faced by black women, which requires them to prioritize which activist activity to engage in.

Paulie Murray

Coined the term 'Jane Crow' to describe the intersectionality of being black and a woman, highlighting the double burden.

Madame C.J. Walker (Sarah Breedlove)

Born just after the Civil War. Created a chemical compound relaxer and expanded beauty products for black skin, becoming the first African American woman millionaire, and also the very first self-made American woman millionaire.

Jim Crow

Binary racism. The systematic segregation that occurred in the South after reconstruction.

Jane Crow

Described the intersectionality of being black and a woman, highlighting the double burden.

Ole Miss

Nickname of the University of Mississippi. The name was chosen to represent the mistress of the plantation plantation house and has a colonial reb mascot which represents colonials from the Confederacy.

Colonial Reb

Mascot chosen by Ol' Miss which represents the rebels from the Confederacy and he embodied the soldier and slave holder. The mascot was discontinued in 2010.