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Bell Ringer #3 – 1/6/2010. How did Booker T. Washington believe African-Americans should work to get ahead? Why did W.E.B. Du Bois clash in views with Booker T. Washington? What was the Niagara Movement?. The NAACP.
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Bell Ringer #3 – 1/6/2010 • How did Booker T. Washington believe African-Americans should work to get ahead? • Why did W.E.B. Du Bois clash in views with Booker T. Washington? • What was the Niagara Movement?
The NAACP • National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) was started by Du Bois • The NAACP was dominated by white leadership in its early years. • Demanded full civil and political rights for black citizens; fought many Supreme Court cases.
NACW • The National Association of Colored Women (NACW) was formed in 1896 • Adopted motto “Lifting as We Climb”. They stressed moral, mental, and material advancement • By 1914 there were 50,000 members in 1,000 clubs nationwide!