Dbq Civil Rights Movement
Throughout history there have been various periods, some brief and some extended, that had they not occurred would have changed the course of history and affected how we live today. During each period of history, there are those few great leaders who charted our history and were crucial to the success of our country as a whole. The civil rights movement of the late 19th and early 20th centuries was an important time in American history. Within the civil rights movement three of the most prominent African American men were prompted to attempt to solve the problem of racial inequality. Booker T. Washington, Marcus Garvey and W. E. B. DuBois, all approached the problem of racial inequality differently. Although each one approached the fight for
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He believed that independence and African American self-reliance would make a difference in fight for civil rights. Garvey saw civil rights as a global problem and believed that, “Freedom that will give us a chance and opportunity to rise to the fullest of our ambition and that we cannot get in countries where other men rule and dominate (pg. 800).” Garvey’s beliefs were prompted by his anger and frustrations that African American soldiers, who had fought in battle in World War I, were returning home to inequality and prejudice with their valiant service being ignored and not rewarded (http://historymatters.gmu.edu/d/5122).Garvey was viewed by DuBois and other popular civil rights leaders as a crowd pleaser, whose extreme radical notions was an excellent ways to gather a crowd but provided no results. His beliefs, or garveyism, can be simplified as the idea of economic rise by independence and political equality by means of autonomy. Garvey’s movement was viewed as militant and was therefore viewed as aggressive and abrasive, which provided a backlash across the board including other prominent members of the civil rights movement. Garvey believed that returning to Africa, also known as Diaspora, would be most beneficial in order to promote racial separatism. Garvey even financially supported, along with other African Americans, the Black Star Line fleet of ships to encourage African Americans to travel back to Africa to create a black-led nation in Africa. The UNIA, which Garvey helped found, also assisted in diaspora and other movements that promoted racial purity
He believed that independence and African American self-reliance would make a difference in fight for civil rights. Garvey saw civil rights as a global problem and believed that, “Freedom that will give us a chance and opportunity to rise to the fullest of our ambition and that we cannot get in countries where other men rule and dominate (pg. 800).” Garvey’s beliefs were prompted by his anger and frustrations that African American soldiers, who had fought in battle in World War I, were returning home to inequality and prejudice with their valiant service being ignored and not rewarded (http://historymatters.gmu.edu/d/5122).Garvey was viewed by DuBois and other popular civil rights leaders as a crowd pleaser, whose extreme radical notions was an excellent ways to gather a crowd but provided no results. His beliefs, or garveyism, can be simplified as the idea of economic rise by independence and political equality by means of autonomy. Garvey’s movement was viewed as militant and was therefore viewed as aggressive and abrasive, which provided a backlash across the board including other prominent members of the civil rights movement. Garvey believed that returning to Africa, also known as Diaspora, would be most beneficial in order to promote racial separatism. Garvey even financially supported, along with other African Americans, the Black Star Line fleet of ships to encourage African Americans to travel back to Africa to create a black-led nation in Africa. The UNIA, which Garvey helped found, also assisted in diaspora and other movements that promoted racial purity