KEY TERMS Key Terms and People to Know for the Regents Exam
Booker T. Washington / W. E. B. DuBois Debate
These two African-American leaders disagreed about the best path forward for African Americans. Washington focused on jobs (and not open confrontation of segregation), while DuBois focused on higher education and demanded full civil rights.
Great Migration
During and after WWI, many African Americans migrated from the South to Northern states to take jobs in factories and to escape segregation (although they often continued to face discrimination and violence in the North).