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This man was educated, he was the first Democratic governor after Reconstruction, and part of the Bourban Triumvirate
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This idea was made by Henry Grady. This idea was to make the South that would become much more like the Industrilized North.
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GA's Governor during the Civil War. He eventually became Chief Justice of the GA Supreme Court and server in the U.S. Senate. He was also part of the Bourbon Triumvirate.
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This man was part of the Bourbon Triumvirate, he fought for the Confederacy, led Georgia's KKK, served as a U.S. Senator, and served two terms as GA's governor.
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A short lived political party started by white southern farmers. During their time, they were only able to nomimate 1 member for president.
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Booker T. Washington spoke before predominatly white audience at the Atlanta Cotton Expo. By the end, he simply said that the south can not prosper without blacks.
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30 year old Homer rode in a "White only" car. He was only 1/8th black but because of his skin color, he was arrested. This eventually led to the supreme court where they ruled that Homer could not sit in the "White-only" section. Seperate but Equal.
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This speech was made by W.E.B. DuBois where he disagree about the Atlanta Compromise. He talked about political and social equality by 5 reasons in his speech.
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Alonzo Herndon was a wealthy African American who owned a succesful barber shop. In 1906 be bought a life insurance company on Sweet Auburn Avenue. The company wanted to make it easier for blacks to protect themselves.
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The Atlanta Race Riots of 1906 were started because of growing tension between the whites and the African Americans. The whites accused the blacks of abusing their women. In the end, there were 25-40 African Americans dead and 2 whites dead.
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Part of the Jim Crow laws that were made to disenfranchise African Americans. It made it so only 3rd Generation, white men who owned land could vote.
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The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People was founded by a few people that included W.E.B. DuBois. Their mission is to ensure the political, educational, social, and economic equality of rights of all persons and to eliminate race based discrimination.
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The National Urban League was a network based organization that wanted to help African Americans migrate to the north and get jobs.
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The death of a 13 year old girl made Leo Frank the main suspect since he was last seen with her. Leo got lynched in Marietta, Georgia. This case led to the rebirth of K.K.K.
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Gave every gender the right to vote. This still did not include African Americans.
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Gave rural counties more power to elect polititions than the rich larger counties. It was eventualy called " unconstitutional".
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Prohibition of alcoholic beverages
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Rebecca Felton tried to limit alcohol, improve prison condition, and wanted to help poor and lower middle class. She also advocated women sufferage.
