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In 1918,Nannie Helen Burroughs was placed under surveillance by the War Department after she
A) publicly attacked President Wilson for refusing to denounce lynching.
B) called on black men not to enlist in the military until their right to vote was guaranteed.
C) published an editorial asserting that only a socialist government could solve the country's racial problems.
D) alleged that war was being fought not to spread democracy but to fill the coffers of rich capitalists.
Nannie Helen Burroughs
An African American educator, orator, religious leader, and businesswoman, known for her activism for women's rights and the education of black children, founding the National Training School for Women and Girls in Washington, D.C., in 1909.
War Department
Former name for what is now the Department of Defense in the United States, responsible for military affairs until it was restructured in 1947.
Lynching
A form of violence in which a mob, without legal authority, kills someone, often by hanging, for an alleged offense with or without a legal trial.
- Comprehend the impact of racial policies and discrimination on African Americans throughout the duration of the First World War.
- Comprehend how the First World War affected the development of the civil rights movement and the operations of Black advocacy groups, particularly the NAACP.
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Learning Objectives
- Comprehend the impact of racial policies and discrimination on African Americans throughout the duration of the First World War.
- Comprehend how the First World War affected the development of the civil rights movement and the operations of Black advocacy groups, particularly the NAACP.
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