African-American Civil Rights Movement

Ida B. Well's anti-lynching campaign

• 1870's-1920

• 1950's-1960's

• Both

Sit-In Movement and Freedom Rides

• 1870's-1920

• 1950's-1960's

• Both

Booker T. Washington's emphasis on job training for African-Americans

• 1870's-1920

• 1950's-1960's

• Both

W.E.B. Dubois establishes the NAACP (National Association for the Advancement of Colored People)

• 1870's-1920

• 1950's-1960's

• Both

Contextualization: Followed the end of the Civil War and Reconstruction

• 1870's-1920

• 1950's-1960's

• Both

Contextualization: Followed World War II and the re-alignment of the Democratic Party during the New Deal

• 1870's-1920

• 1950's-1960's

• Both

Nonviolent, direct action campaigns championed by Martin Luther King Jr.

• 1870's-1920

• 1950's-1960's

• Both

Black Panthers and Malcom X voice disagreements about the effectiveness of nonviolence

• 1870's-1920

• 1950's-1960's

• Both

Brown v. Board of Education (separate is inherently unequal)

• 1870's-1920

• 1950's-1960's

• Both

Plessy v. Ferguson (separate, but equal is constitutional)

• 1870's-1920

• 1950's-1960's

• Both