Famous African Americans of New South

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This man promoted higher education within the black community and believed that college-educated African Americans should lead the fight for equality.

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W.E.B. DuBois

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The NAACP is a:

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a group that fights to protect equal rights for African Americans

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This man was a successful businessman and was born to a slave mother and a white father.

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Alonzo Herndon

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Educator, author, political activist, and orator; promoted the idea that African-Americans or Blacks should pursue economic and educational endeavors before seeking social and political equality.

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Booker T. Washington

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Supreme Court case that established the separate but equal doctrine thus promoting segregation

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Plessy v. Ferguson (1892)

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Who delivered his Atlanta Compromise speech at the 1895 International Cotton Expo?

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Booker T. Washington

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Believed political rights were more important than economic rights

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WEB Dubois

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Proposed the idea of a "Talented Tenth" - college education for 10% of the leading African Americans

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WEB Dubois

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Called for full and immediate civil rights for African Americans

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WEB Dubois

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His can be considered a "baby steps" approach to civil rights.

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Booker T. Washington