... for several years until there were several activists that spoke out against the racism and the political system that allowed it happen. People such as Ida B. Wells, Booker T. Washington, and W.E.B Du Bois, who are all educated people of the community, opened the door for change in the segregation of the community. Washington's idea was to start with a new economic system that would ... African American community to bond the two worlds into one society and one economic system. The white s of course refused to listen or consider the idea of becoming one community. Du Bois on the other han...

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... their talents. Among those artists whose works achieved recognition were Langston Hughes and Claude McKay, Countee Cullen and Arna Bontemps, Zora Neale Hurston, James Weldon Johnson. W.E.B. Du Bois encouraged talented artists to leave the South. Du Bois, then the editor of THE CRISIS magazine, the journal of the NAACP, was at the height of his fame and influence in the black community. THE CRISIS ... ...

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... by 1919 UNIA had 30 branches and over 2 million members.44" On the other hand, Garvey's claims "blacker was better45" led to resentment from other black leaders; W.E.B Du Bois stated Garvey was a "little fat black man46" and consequently, I believe Cronin's conclusion that Garvey was "an honest but incompetent leader47" is accurate. However, Christian disagrees with ... ...

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... not work shall be deemed and considered vagrants and upon conviction, they shall be fined and imprisoned or sentenced to work on the public works, for not longer than a year (Du Bois 471). There were ways to undermine the 14th and 15th Amendments as well, for example requiring blacks to pass difficult exams to vote. These new Jim Crow laws further enforced ... ...

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