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Which activist was born a slave but became the wealthiest African-America in Atlanta by 1927?

• Alonzo Herndon
• W.E.B. DuBois
• Booker T. Washington
• John Hope

What was Alonzo Herndon's first business?

• A barber shop
• A restaurant
• A used car dealership
• A grocery store

What did Alonzo Herndon found?

• Atlanta Mutual Life Insurance Co.
• MetLife Insurance
• Geico Insurance
• Nationwide Insurance

civil rights leader and college professor who fought for immediate social and political rights for African-Americans or Blacks

• Leo Frank

• Booker T. Washington

• W.E.B. DuBois

• Alonzo Herndon

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.

• Booker T. Washington

• Alonzo Herndon

• Leo Frank

• W.E.B. DuBois

48 hour riot in Atlanta caused by economic competition and false newspaper accounts of African-American or Black men attacking white women; several African-Americans or Blacks were killed during the riot.

• Anti-Semitism

• Atlanta Race Riot (1906)

• Plessy v. Ferguson (1892)

• Separate but Equal

Born a slave in Social Circle, Georgia

Owner of The Crystal Palace

Founder of the Atlanta Life Insurance Company

Became the wealthiest African-American in Georgia

• Alonozo Herndon

• Booker T. Washington

• Homer Plessy

• W.E.B. DuBois

What was the purpose of the International Cotton Expositions that were promoted by Henry Grady?

• To show off the South's new technologies and uses for it's natural resources

• To show to the world how Jim Crow laws were creating racial harmony.

• To show to the North that the South was still heavily dependent on producing cotton

• To showcase early civil rights leaders, like Booker T. Washington

Which early civil rights leader believed that African-Americans should work hard and eventually they would gain equality?

• Booker T. Washington

• W.E.B. DuBois

• Alonzo Herndon

• Homer Plessy

Which early civil rights leader believed that African-Americans should demand immediate equality through active protests?

• W.E.B. DuBois

• Booker T. Washington

• Alonzo Herndon

• Homer Plessy