ETH123 - Week 4 - CheckPoint - Events and Leaders that Inspired the 15th Amendment

Week 4: CheckPoint - Events and Leaders that Inspired the 15th Amendment

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A. Philip Randolph	1941	XXXXX	XXXXX
W.E.B. Du Bois	1909	NAACP	Was part of a coalition that founded the NAACP to immediately work to end segregation and discrimination.
Booker T. Washinton	1881	Normal School for Colored Teachers (Tuskegee University)	Founded what became Tuskegee University, and was a vocal advocate for blacks bettering themselves through education.
Huey P. Newton	1966	Black Panther Party	Co-founded the Black Panther Party in to further the advancement of blacks by any means necessary.
Malcolm X	1960's	Nation of Islam	Functioned as the minister of the Nation of Islam and was a very vocal speaker on politics and the advancement of colored people.
Martin Luther King, Jr.	1954-1968	Dexter Avenue Baptist Church	An outspoken leader urging civil disobedience to accomplish change. Heavily influenced by Mahatma Ghandi. Organized the Montgomery bus boycott.
Rosa Parks	1955	Refusal to give up a bus seat for whites.	Became a major figure in the American Civil Rights movement with her very public arrest for being unwilling to surrender her bus seat to a white person.
A. Philip Randolph	1941	March on Washington	Planned a march on Washington to support the elimination of discrimination in defense industries. Walk was called off when the desires were met by the Roosevelt administration met their requirements through an executive order.

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The intent of the 15th amendment was specifically geared to allow colored people, and former slaves, the ability the vote. Ultimately this gave blacks both recognition and a political voice that heavily contributed to desegregation.