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Date Posted: 20:09:39 01/28/03 Tue
Author: Beth-Ann-Zellner
Subject: ch 23 The Demand of African- Americans

The Demand of African – Americans
A. The New Black Attitudes
1. The black soldiers had fought in the war had almost no impact at all on white attitudes
a. it did have effect on black attitudes
i. Accentuated African American bitterness
j. Increased determination to fight for their rights
2. moved into new jobs
a. Saw it as a opportunity for economic gain
B. Chicago Race Riots
1. Racial climate had become sage and murderous
a. In the south a sudden increase in lynching
i. More than 75 were war veterans
b. In the North a widespread of layoffs
2. In Chicago a black teenager swimmer drift toward a white beach, in lake Michigan
a. The white people through rocks at him, he sank and died
3. The black people got mad and angrily marched into white neighborhoods to retaliate
a. White formed a even lager group and went to the black neighborhoods shooting, stabbing and beating people
b. Chicago was at war for more than a week
c. 38 died, 537 were injured, over 1,000 were left homeless
4. The NAACP signaled the change by urging blacks not just to demand government protection, also to retaliate, to defend them selves
C. Marcus Garvey ‘s Black Nationalism
1. Ideology of the black nationalism
2. Garvey encouraged African Americans to take pride in their own achievements and to develop an awareness of their African heritage
a. Develop their own pride and culture
3. His United Negro Improvement Association (UNIA) launched a chain of black owned grocery stores

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