What is the color line?
segregation
What does the image of the "veil" represent?
the seperation b/w black and whites
What does Du Bois mean by African-Americans feeling "twoness"?
being american and african-america at the same time
What was the Revolution os 1876?
the agreement b/w north and south that the south can deal with freedmen on their own if they agree to Hayes being President
Which amendment gave african americans the right to vote?
14
What was booker t washingtons "programme" for african americans
education, conciliation of the south and submition and silence as to civil and political rights
What was the return from Washingtons programme
disenfranchisment
legal creation of civic inferiority
wihtdrawl of aid from institutions for Negro higher education
what was the triple paradox
making negros businessmen and property owners
self respect
training
For what does Du Bois give Washington credit
speaking out against lynching
what was the jim crowe car
the segregated train car
what are the three schools of thought that Du Bois outlines regarding the training of black men
human unity
the racist old south
thought of the negro worst b/c of self doubt
what types of schools were avaliable to african americans after the civil war
army and mission schoold and freedmens bureau, complete school system
industrial schooling
what was the gift from new england to the freed men
a way to move out of slavery
what is the function of the nergo college
to educate teachers for other uneducated negros
what does Du Bois put himself in the company of great intellectuals like Shakespeare, Balzac, Aristotle, ect.?
Also considers himself a great thinks b/c he sees what the negros have to do to be self activated and that people of intelligence know better then to believe in the color line
What is necessary to cure the "great evil" of poverty
raising their standards of living
how does Du Bois characterize the country black population
poor and ignorant
what is really the only industry avaliable to (85%) of the african american population during the time Du Bois was writing
farming
what was the currency of the black belt
cotton
what is the greates weapon of the modern world
the ballot
to what does Du Bois closely align the political status of the Negro in the south
negro crime
according to Du Bois the courts were a means of ___________ the blacks
re-enslaving
what three things characterize the southern negro revival
preacher
music
"the frenzy
during Du Bois' day what is the social center of negro life
faith life/the church
what do the Sorrow songs mean to Du Bois
after the idea that there will eventually be justice