African American History Flash Cards

Talented Tenth

The one in ten black men who, through education, would cultivate leadership in the black community.

Black Edoxus

Mass departure of blacks from rural south to urban areas in the North and West.

Niagra Movement

Protest organization founded in spite of Booker T. Washington to go against white supremacist beliefs.

Springfield Riot (1908)

Caused by two black men being falsely accused of ****** a white woman. A racially motivated violent outbreak in Springfield, Illinois, stemming from racial tensions and the lynching of a black man, resulting in significant destruction and a push for civil rights.

10% plan

A reconstruction strategy proposed by Abraham Lincoln that aimed to reintegrate Southern states into the Union if 10% of voters took an oath of loyalty.

Black Codes

Laws enacted in Southern states after the Civil War to restrict the freedom and rights of African Americans.

Atlanta Riot

White newspapers intensified fear &
hatred of blacks; violence & rioting
erupted in Atlanta, Georgia, in 1906, resulting in numerous deaths and injuries, highlighting the racial tensions of the era.

Brownsville Riot

Riot involving some members of black 25th
Regiment. President Roosevelt dismissed entire battalion. Roosevelt criticized for not giving members full & fair trial

Ida B. Wells

Protested lynching of friend & urged boycott in column in Memphis Free Speech. Angry whites chased them out of Tennessee.