Class Updates 2/27 and 2/28

Yesterday, February 27th, we learned about Marcus Garvey and the U.N.I.A.. He wanted to move as many African Americans back to Africa to start a new life and country, since they would have little success in America as it was.

Today, February 28th, we read poems, listened to music, and looked at paintings, all from the Harlem Renaissance. The Harlem Renaissance was when the African Americans moved north to Harlem (part of Manhattan Island) and expressed themselves in new ways.

Class Updates 2/25 and 2/26

Yesterday, I wasn't in class, but I think an assembly took up most of class.

Today, we read documents by Booker T. Washington and W.E.B. DuBois. Washington was born a slave, and believed that the African-Americans should work from the bottom to the top, gaining respect from the white people after they worked hard enough and gained enough wealth. This plan would take a long time, if it ever would work. Dubois was born in MA, so he was pretty much free, and he wanted immediate equality.

Timeline

Class Updates

Yesterday, we didn't have snow because of the snow.

Today, we worked on our Reconstruction projects.

Class Updates 2/6 and 2/7

Yesterday, February 6th, we took notes on and talked about the Jim Crow laws. Then we had some time at the end of class to work on our Reconstruction projects. We reviewed the steps of Reconstruction.

Today, February 7th, we learned about sharecropping. We looked at a contract used for sharecropping and discussed if it was fair or not.

Class Updates 2/4 and 2/5

I was out again yesterday, but the class took notes on the 15th Amendment.

I made it to school today. We talked about what equal really means, not exactly fair and not exactly the same. We also talked about the Plessy v. Ferguson case.