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Great Migration
Movement of African Americans from the South to Northern cities for jobs and better opportunities; increased racial tension and led to the Harlem Renaissance.
Harlem Renaissance
1920s cultural revival of African American art, music, and literature in Harlem.
Birth of a Nation (1915)
Film by D.W. Griffith that glorified the KKK and portrayed Reconstruction negatively; screened at the White House and helped spark KKK resurgence.
Ida B. Wells
Journalist who documented lynching in The Red Record and exposed racial violence.
William Monroe Trotter
Founded The Boston Guardian, a Black weekly newspaper advocating civil rights.
W.E.B. Du Bois
Harvard-educated civil rights leader; promoted the “Talented Tenth” and co-founded the NAACP.
Talented Tenth
Idea that the top 10% of educated African Americans should lead the fight for civil rights.
Niagara Movement
Early civil rights group led by Du Bois demanding full political and social equality
NAACP (1909)
Organization formed to advance civil rights through legal action; rejected Booker T. Washington’s approach.
Lillian Wald
Settlement house reformer who worked to improve living conditions for African Americans.
Ray Stannard Baker
Muckraker who exposed racial injustice in Following the Color Line.