Class Notes 2/28
Here are my notes from today's class on the Depression Era. 2/28 Class Discussion Discussion Questions What factors shaped the evolution of NAACP strategy from its founding to WWII? How did the Great Depression impact race relations in the South? Why did the Scottsboro case become a major issue in American public life? How did the groups interested in African-American rights––the Communist Party, the NAACP, etc.––use it to further their goals? Proper path for African-Americans Washington vs Dubois Dubois delivers a speech at Harpers Ferry in 1905 John Brown, a radical abolitionist, believed that god had directed him to free the slaves Believed that he needs to lead an armed Murders slave owners as as symbol to others Wanting to use the arsenal at Harpers Ferry to arm the slaves so they can start their own war Is executioner and lies as a martyr to the slaves Address to the Nation Want the law enforced equally Fourteenth...