Klux

By stluke_nhd
  • Souls of Black Folk

    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

    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

    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

    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.

    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

    Ku Klux Klan reborn in Stone Mountain, Georgia

  • World War 1 begins

    World War 1 begins

  • Women Granted the Right to Vote in U.S.

    Women Granted the Right to Vote in U.S.

  • Lincoln Memorial is dedicated in Washington, D.C.

  • First sound on film motion picture.it was called The Jazz Singer.

    First sound on film motion picture.it was called The Jazz Singer.

  • First radio broadcast

    First radio broadcast