Lecture Overheads, 2/03/03:

Topic: 1920s and Civil Rights for African Americans

What was Plessy v. Ferguson?

 

What were the Jim Crow laws?

 

Why was Chicago the largest site of migration?
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How did Robert Abbott change the paper’s fortunes?
1. content
2. distribution

How did the Chicago Defender play a role in the Great Migration?
1. North
2. South
3. history
4. backlash

How did the U.S. government feel about the Chicago Defender?

 

Video, “Who Built America?: Up South” (Pennee Bender, Director)

 

How were young people experiencing things?
1. School
2. Work
3. Military service
4. Entertainment