At the first National Negro Conference, Dubois spoke. His text was entitled "Politics and Industry." He spoke about the three waves of black disfranchisement and stated that he believes you can only gain economic power through political power. While the NAACP's main focus was the betterment of black people, in its beginnings the organization was faced with obstacles that it had to overcome to completely focus on the issue at hand...
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While they were clearly interested in doing their part to bring an end to the injustices suffered by blacks, it is also evident that some were not completely comfortable around black people. Oswald Villard, who was married to a woman who insisted that neither blacks nor Jews came to their home, was not receptive to having more than a few African American's...
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african american soldiersin the civil war Secondly, the Black people in the South had more at stake; once they left the Confederate side to join The Union there was no turning back. Not only would they be deemed as traitors but runaways as well and were likely to face death if they where caught...	4 / 888
Slavery This statement directly reflects the generally held fear White people had about putting Blacks on the fighting line of the armies in the Civil War. Whites felt that the Civil War was a war started upon the White Man's issues and what possible reason would the Black Man have for wanting to fight in this war...	4 / 1119
Blacks in the Army . . . In actual numbers, black soldiers comprised 10% of the entire Union Army. see what his complexion is, or to consult the family Bible to ascertain whether his grandfather came from the banks of the Thanes or of the Senegal' (McRae)...	1 / 237
Lincoln's attitude toward black While he didn't take any steps toward achieving legal equality between the races, he seems to have personally adopted the notion that all people are equal, regardless of their race...	2 / 309