The Practice of Freedom
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Read the following excerpt from a Southern newspaper editorial in 1916:
'The departure of Negro laborers is a serious threat to our agricultural economy. They are being drawn away to northern cities by advertisements of high wages in the manufacturing plants and the promise of better schools for their children.'
Based on the excerpt, which of the following represents a northern pull factor that contributed to the Great Migration?
Read the following excerpt from a letter written by an African American woman in Selma, Alabama, to the Chicago League on Urban Conditions Among Negroes in 1917:
'Dear Sir: I am writing to you for information. I am a woman of 28 years of age, and I am desiring to come north where I can make a better living. I am a cook and can do general housework. The wages here are so low that we can't hardly live... If you can help me get a ticket, I will pay it back out of my wages.'
Which of the following statements best analyzes the push and pull factors shaping the migration decision described in the letter?
Read the following excerpt from a resolution adopted at a meeting of a northern African Methodist Episcopal (AME) congregation in 1848:
'Resolved, That we must not only care for the spiritual welfare of our members, but we must also raise funds to establish free schools for our youth, provide relief for the sick and destitute, and speak out against the unjust laws that deny us our political rights.'
Based on this excerpt, which of the following best describes the role of early independent Black churches in the United States?
Read the following excerpt from Mary Church Terrell's essay 'The Club Work of Colored Women' (1901):
"The work of the National Association of Colored Women is not confined to the self-improvement of its members, but has for its principal object the elevation of the race. We must build up the home, we must save the children, we must protect the girls, we must encourage the young men... In our association we are trying to do all of these things."
Which of the following historical developments during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries most directly motivated the creation and expansion of the work described in the excerpt?
Read the following excerpt from the preface to *The Book of American Negro Poetry* (1922) by James Weldon Johnson:
> "A people may become great through many endeavors, but there is only one measure by which its greatness is recognized and acknowledged. The status of the Negro in the United States is more a question of national mental attitude toward the race than of actual conditions. ... The only thing that will change this mental attitude is the demonstration of the Negro’s creative genius."
Which of the following statements best describes how Johnson's argument aligns with the core philosophy of the New Negro Movement?
In 1896, the National Association of Colored Women (NACW) was established under the leadership of reformers such as Mary Church Terrell. Which of the following was a primary goal of this organization during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries?
Read the following excerpt from an 1897 address by minister and scholar Alexander Crummell at the founding of the American Negro Academy:
'The Negro, as a class, is a working man... But is there no other need? Is there no other demand? ... The mind of the Negro, as a class, needs development, culture, and training ... The demand of the hour is for a higher, a more refined, a more intellectual class of men... It is the demand for the culture of the mind, the training of the intellect, the development of the soul, as the primary and paramount necessity of the race.'
Based on the excerpt, which of the following best describes Crummell’s perspective on the goal of Black education during this era?
Read the following excerpt from Arthur Schomburg's essay 'The Negro Digs Up His Past,' published in the landmark anthology *The New Negro* (1925):
> 'The Negro has been a man without a history because he has been considered a man without a worthy past. But history, bias-free, is beginning to reveal that the Negro has a rich and ancient heritage which has been systematically ignored or distorted... The American Negro must rebuild his past in order to make his future.'
Based on the excerpt, which of the following best explains how Schomburg’s argument aligns with the broader goals of the New Negro Movement?
Read the following excerpt from W.E.B. Du Bois’s retrospect on early twentieth-century activism:
"The Niagara Movement, founded in a spirit of intense protest, lacked the funds, the office space, and the white allies necessary to turn our declarations into institutional power. We realized that a permanent, national apparatus was required—one that could wage a sustained legal and educational battle on a grander scale."
Based on the excerpt and your knowledge of history, which of the following best explains how the transition from the Niagara Movement to the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) affected the strategy of the early civil rights movement?
Read the following excerpt from an editorial published in the *Christian Recorder*, a newspaper established by the African Methodist Episcopal (AME) Church, in 1861:
'Our paper is not merely a recorder of religious intelligence; it is a vehicle to advocate for the civil rights of our people, to encourage education and industry, and to provide a voice for our community when others seek to silence us.'
Based on the excerpt, which of the following best describes the primary purpose of the early Black press?
The passage below is from an address delivered at a State Convention of Colored Citizens in 1851:
'It is a truth that our religious assemblies, lodge meetings, and public journals are the nurseries of our political existence. In them, we form our plans, discuss our prospects, and assert our rights. To separate our religious duties from our political rights is to render both ineffective in the struggle for our elevation.'
Which of the following statements best aligns with the view of Black institutions expressed in the address?
Read the following excerpt from an address delivered by activist Josephine St. Pierre Ruffin in 1895:
"We need to talk over not only those things which are of vital importance to us as women, but also those things which are of vital importance to us as a race. ... Too long have we been silent under many unjust charges; we must stand before the world and declare our own purposes and defend our own characters."
This call to action directly contributed to the formation of which of the following organizations?
In the late nineteenth century, anti-lynching activist Ida B. Wells-Barnett investigated numerous lynchings and challenged the prevailing justifications offered by white communities. According to her findings, which of the following was the primary motive behind the wave of racial terror in the post-Reconstruction South?
In 1881, representatives of the African Methodist Episcopal (AME) Church wrote the following regarding the establishment of Morris Brown College in Atlanta, Georgia:
"We felt that we should have a school of our own, where our children could be educated under the immediate supervision of the Church, and where we could prove to the world that we have the ability to govern, support, and direct our own institutions of higher learning, without depending entirely upon the benevolence of others."
Which of the following historical developments or debates in post-emancipation Black education does this statement most directly reflect?
Read the following excerpt from Alain Locke's essay "The New Negro" (1925):
"For generations in the mind of America, the Negro has been more of a formula than a human being—a something to be argued about, condemned or defended, to be 'kept down,' or 'in his place,' or 'helped up,' to be worried with or worried over, harassed or patronized, a social bogey or a plaything."
Which of the following best describes how the writers and artists of the Harlem Renaissance sought to challenge the "formula" described by Locke?
Booker T. Washington's educational philosophy, as implemented at the Tuskegee Institute in the late nineteenth century, primarily emphasized which of the following approaches to African American advancement?
Consider the following ledger entry from a cotton merchant in Mississippi, dated November 1888:
| Item | Amount |
|---|---|
| Value of food, clothing, and seed advanced on credit | $120.00 |
| Credit markup and interest fee (35% rate) | $42.00 |
| Total debt accumulated by sharecropper | $162.00 |
| Market value of the sharecropper's share of the cotton harvest | $145.00 |
| Net balance carried forward (debt to merchant) | $17.00 |
Based on this ledger entry and historical context, which of the following best describes the structural impact of this economic arrangement on the sharecropper?
Read the following excerpt from a petition sent to Congress by African American citizens of Frankfort, Kentucky, in 1871:
'We believe you are not fully aware of the [terror] that exists in our State... We are unable to walk the public roads by day or sleep in our houses at night in safety... The civil law of our State is not enforced... we have no protection. The Fourteenth Amendment declares we are citizens, yet the courts of our State refuse to admit our testimony in cases where white men are parties, and the federal courts tell us they cannot interfere with private acts of violence.'
Which of the following statements best explains the constitutional loophole that contributed to the federal government's inability to address the grievances described in this petition?
Read the following excerpt from the charter of an African American lodge of the Grand United Order of Odd Fellows, established in 1843:
"Our purpose is to provide relief for the sick, support the widows and orphans of deceased members, and establish a library and lecture series to promote the intellectual and political advancement of our community."
Based on this excerpt, which of the following best describes the role of early Black fraternal orders in the United States?
Consider the timeline of early civil rights events below:
* 1905: W.E.B. Du Bois and other Black intellectuals form the Niagara Movement, demanding full civil and political rights.
* 1909: Activists organize the National Negro Conference in response to racial violence, establishing the National Negro Committee.
* 1910: The National Negro Committee formally organizes as the interracial National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP).
Based on the timeline and your knowledge of African American history, which of the following represents a key difference between the organization founded in 1905 and the one formed in 1910?