Race and Religion

KKK

KKK

White supremacist hate group in the southern USA post-Civil War

Great Migration

Movement of over 1 million black people from the South to Northern US cities for work

Monkey Trial

Court case against a teacher for teaching evolution, showcasing religious intolerance

Jim Crow Laws

Legal segregation laws in the South, discriminating against black people

Bible Belt

Southern US region with high religious influence, opposing Darwin's theory of evolution

WASP

White Anglo Saxon Protestants, exclusive KKK membership criterion

Harlem Renaissance

Cultural movement in New York celebrating black American talents

NAACP

National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, fighting racism legally

Rope Law

Klan members' lynching of black people without trial

Universal Negro Improvement Association

Organization by Marcus Garvey advocating black empowerment and return to Africa

Birth of a Nation

Film release that revived KKK membership in 1915

Segregation

Laws separating black and white people in public places

Evolution

Scientific theory of human development opposed by religious fundamentalists

Clarence Darrow

Lawyer defending Scopes in the Monkey Trial against teaching evolution

William Jennings Bryan

Lawyer for the Fundamentalists in the Monkey Trial opposing evolution teaching

Marcus Garvey

Founder of UNIA advocating black pride, businesses, and return to Africa

Booker T Washington

Former slave who founded Tuskegee Institute for black education and progress

David Stephenson

Klan leader convicted for causing injuries to a woman in Chicago

Jazz Age

Era of cultural change and progressiveness contrasting with intolerance

Black is beautiful

Garvey's slogan promoting black pride and empowerment

Ghettos

Poor neighborhoods where black Americans lived in Northern cities

Revival of KKK

Increase in KKK membership post-1915 due to racial tensions and Birth of a Nation

White supremacy

Belief in the superiority of white people over other races

American Civil Liberties Union

Organization opposing bans on teaching evolution, supported Scopes in the Monkey Trial