US History through the African American Experience

How did African American participation in World War I, migration, and the Chicago Race Riot affect the position of African Americans by 1922?

How does the drowning of an African American boy lead to a riot in Chicago in 1919?

Some people argue that no war is a good war.  In this short unit, you will decide whether African American participation in World War I had positive effects on the Africa American community. 370,000 African American men served in the armed forces.  One quarter fought in Europe. The French treated them as equals, inviting them into their restaurants, clubs, hotels, and houses.

You will find out enough about the person to provide a blurb to read on the notices during Black History month.

For your homework, to get credit you must write in sentences that restate and answer the question.

2/1	Give back exam Introduce WW I with chart Choose a person to research	Read 347-9, Thomas Edward Jones to the European Front Who did the U.S. support in the war? Who did we fight against? What job did Jones have? How did the French people treat Jones? How did his comrades-in-arms treat him? Were the African American troops cowards in the Argonne Forest? What did Jones do when he returned from war? What was the effect of the war on African Americans on the home front? What did Marcus Garvey want to do?
2/2	Research on individual	Read 349-50.  “Over There and Back There and Black Americans and World War I.” Why do you think WW I shattered black unity? Why did the US enter the war in 1917? Why did some African Americans not want to fight in the war? What position did WEB DuBois and the NAACP take? Write his quote. What did Dubois think fighting in the war would bring for African Americans? What position did William Monroe Trotter take and why?
2/3		Continue with “Black Americans and World War I.” on 350-1. What % of the military did African Americans make up? Why would African Americans be upset over President Woodrow Wilson’s actions over the riot in Houston? What 3 factors caused racial tension among troops in Europe? Would black soldiers have like General Pershing?  Why? Why did the government say no black man could promoted above the rank of captain? What did Dubois think at the end of the war about encouraging men to fight?
2/6		p. 353-5 Race Riots and Revival of the Klan1.  What caused urban riots?2.  Were relationships between blacks and whites better when blacks migrated north?3.  Describe what happened in Tulsa, OK in 1921. What was Pres. Wilson’s reaction?4.  What was the Dyer bill?  Did it pass?5.  What did the KKK believe?6.  How did eugenics add to discrimination?
2/7		Read WEB Dubois, “Returning Soldiers.” May 1919 http://www.yale.edu/glc/archive/1127.htm When soldiers got back from the war, Dubois believed they should fight for rights at home.  In his article he argues that the United States lynches disfranchises encourages ignorance steals from us insults us Give an example of each of these 5 actions the US government took when blacks got back from WW I. 2.  What, according to Dubois, would make them cowards and jackasses?
2/8	Chicago Race Riot July 1919Read Script	Thesis statement:  The Chicago Race Riot was about more than an African American Boy drowning in Lake Michigan.Read :“Says Lax Conditions Caused Race Riots”: Chicago Daily News and Carl Sandburg Report the Chicago Race Riot of 1919 “Ghastly Deeds of Race Rioters Told”: The Chicago Defender Reports the Chicago Race Riot, 1919
2/9		“The Problem” and “Family Histories”: Charles Johnson Analyzes the Causes of the Chicago Race Riot “Chicago and Its Eight Reasons”: Walter White Considers the Causes of the 1919 Chicago Race Riot
2/10		“A Crowd of Howling Negroes”: The Chicago Daily Tribune Reports the Chicago Race Riot, 1919
2/13		Prepare for the essay.What is the relationship between World War I, the migration, the Chicago Race riot?  What is the significance of this relationship?
2/14		Write the essay Long term causes Spark Result :“Says Lax Conditions Caused Race Riots”: Chicago Daily News and Carl Sandburg Report the Chicago Race Riot of 1919 “Ghastly Deeds of Race Rioters Told”: The Chicago Defender Reports the Chicago Race Riot, 1919 “The Problem” and “Family Histories”: Charles Johnson Analyzes the Causes of the Chicago Race Riot “Chicago and Its Eight Reasons”: Walter White Considers the Causes of the 1919 Chicago Race Riot “A Crowd of Howling Negroes”: The Chicago Daily Tribune Reports the Chicago Race Riot, 1919 Thesis

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How does the drowning of a black boy lead to a riot in Chicago in 1919?

1. Introduction

There were many factors that led to a four day riot in July 1919 in Chicago.  The key factors were

b.  job competition

c.  housing

d.  police – not protecting blacks??

e.  migration north of both blacks and southern whites

f.  soldiers returning from World War I

g.  unpunished crimes against African Americans –police and courts

h.  newspaper articles which were false and demeaning about blacks; tended only to report on crimes committed by blacks

1. One underlying reason for the Chicago riots in 1919 was_________________.
   1. Details
   2. Evidence
   3. Evidence
   4. Makes a connection to the question

1. A second long term cause of the Chicago riot was__________.

a.

b.

c.

d. relate to the question and previous cause

1. A third long term cause

1. Conclusion

What changed in 1919?

Larger number of blacks in comparison to whites

5 articles

Readers theater – script

Dubois reading – we return fighting

Text – WW I – Jones

 

Morning Notices for Black History Month.

 

Choose one of the following African American leaders, events and find out why they were famous. Write a 100-word description that you will read over the morning announcements. Your blurb should take the following form:

 

This is Black History Month. Today the spotlight is on __________________. _____________ is most famous for __________________ in the year _______. Now describe what was so important about this event in bringing freedom, equality and dignity to African Americans. You must use these terms in your blurb. 100 words

 

You get 20 bonus points for reading your blurb on a day in February.

 

 

 

1. Madame C.J. Walker

 

2. Gen. Benjamin O. Davis

 

3. W.E.B.DuBois

 

4. Mary McLeod Bethune

 

5. Duke Ellington

 

6. Carter G. Woodson

 

7. Dr. Ralph Bunche

 

8. Booker T. Washington

 

9. Dr. Ernst Just

 

10. Marian Anderson

 

11. Marcus Garvey

 

12. Paul Lawrence Dunbar

 

13. Madam Evanti (Lillian Evans Tubbs)

 

14. Louis Armstrong

 

15. E. Franklin Frasier

 

16. Jackie Robinson

 

17. Scottsboro Boys

 

18. Addison Scurlock photographer

 

19. March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom

 

20. Jack Johnson – boxer

 

21. Etta James

 

22. Jacob Lawrence – painter

 

23. Ella Fitzgerald

 

24. Harry Belafonte

 

25. James Weldon Johnson

 

26. Mary McLeod Bethune

 

27. Matthew Henson

 

28. Maya Angelou

 

29. Paul Robeson

 

30. Bayard Rustin

 

31. Ella Baker