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Souls of Black Folk
W.E.B. Du Bois published THE SOULS OF BLACK FOLK, a collection of essays, in 1903. It immediately was known for an excellent peice of literature. -
Niagara Movement 1905-1910
In 1905, W.E.B. Du Bois, a professor at Atlanta University, continued conciliatory policies towards whites and his enormous power within the black community, called for a meeting of Washington's critics of at Niagara Falls, New York. This meeting was aranged to for the Niagara Movement. -
Atlanta Race Riot
For many whites as well as black, Atlanta seemed to be the least likely place for a race riot. Atlanta was a model city of the new South. Although the -
The Brownsville Affair
A shooting incident in town on the night of August 13 left a white bartender dead and a police officer wounded. -
NAACP Founded
In 1909 Walling and Ovington called a conference to which they invited a number of prominent civil-rights activists, black and white. This is when it was founded. -
The Crisis Established
Mary White Ovington was the founder of the NAACP, establised this newspaper. -
D.W. Griffith's The Birth of a Nation Released.
This was the first film featuring the KKK and it influenced many people's thoughts about the Klan. -
Ku Klux Klan reborn in Stone Mountain, Georgia
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World War 1 begins
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Women Granted the Right to Vote in U.S.
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Lincoln Memorial is dedicated in Washington, D.C.
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First sound on film motion picture.it was called The Jazz Singer.
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First radio broadcast
