1900-1929 African american timeline

1900-1929 African american timeline SEGRAGATION WAS STARTING TO BE A BIG PROBLEM IN NOT ONLY THE SOUTH BUT ALL ACROSS AMERICA.

This is an example of segregation. Jim Crow laws enforced "separate but equal" rights for african americans

1901- Booker T. Washington`s book "Up from Slavery" was published that year and was an inspiration for black men and woman after slavery

"Success is to be measured not so much by the position that one has reached in life as by the obstacles which he has overcome while trying to succeed" ~ Booker T Washington

On October 16, 1901, Theodore Roosevelt invited Booker T. Washington to dine in the White House after meeting with one another.

He was the first black to be invited to dinner at the White House as a guest.

Harriet Tubman was the leader of the under ground railroad.

HARRIET TUBMAN PASSED away On March 10,1913. She was a freedom fighter and an inspiration to all slaves.

1914- World War 1 begins.

During the 1900s Lynching was mostly taking place in the south. These hangings of blacks happened about every week. not all lynchings were recorded but there was around 3000 deaths of blacks alone.

1922- A bill was written for anti-lynching but was put down by the U.S senate. Anger and protests spread across the country demanding equal pay, voting rights, and an end to lynching.

1900-1929 african american music!

louis daniel armstrong was born in new orleans, on august 4, 1901

Louis Armstrong also known as pops, introduced scat singing. scat singing is improvised jazz singing in which the voice is used in imitation of an instrument.

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