Posted: October 30th, 2016

The African-Americans: Many Rivers to Cross, Part 4: Making a Way Out of No Way

The African-Americans: Many Rivers to Cross, Part 4:

Making a Way Out of No Way

1897-1940 – link to the documentary: Episode 4

Please watch the documentary (54 minutes) and respond to these questions.

“Separate but Equal” was the law of the land because of what Supreme Court Decision?
At the start of the Civil War, there were 3.9 million slaves, but in 1892, there were 8 million African Americans living in the South. What does that tell you about the lives of African Americans in the 30 years following the Civil War?
What was the exodus of the African American population to the North and West of the United States called?
Did Blacks in the South have First Amendment rights? Explain
Lynching occurred as often as 3 times/week in the South. Lynching is not and has never been legal in the United States. What did Thomas Moss advise his fellow Southern African Americans to do when asked by local reporters if he had anything to say before he was lynched?
Where was Ida B. Wells living when Moss was attacked and later lynched? What did the white people in that town threaten to do to Wells?
Why is Booker T. Washington described by Gates as a “practical man”? What do the pictures of Washington seem to suggest about him?
In what other ways did African Americans in the South begin to change their own status?
Who was Sara Breedlove?
With the coming of advertising and movies, what also arose in the depictions of African Americans?