First, read A. Philip Randolph’s statement on the “New Negro,” which is both a Civil Rights and Labor Treatise (the pdf is linked below, but also is in the moduel) , then read Hiram Evans “The Klan’s Fight for Americanism” which is linked below.
The-New-Negro.pdf
The Klan’s Fight for Americanism
Hiram Evans on the “The Klan’s Fight for Americanism” (1926)
This week you are going to write a short, two page paper on the relationship between the Great Migration, the Harlem Renaissance and the rise of the Ku Klux Klan into a nationwide phenomenon. After reading these source documents, write a two page paper answering this fundamental question: How did the influx of new black residents into Northern Cities and the ideology expressed in Randolph’s editorial, “The New Negro- What is He?” influence the rise of the Ku Klux Klan into a nationwide, a White Supremacist organization with a strikingly different ideology?
More broadly, what I am asking you to do is identify and describe the conflicts that emerged during the decade over what America Was, what America Stood for and who should be included. These documents illustrate a VERY different vision for the country, what I want you to do is connect them.
AGAIN, please do not use Chat GPT on this paper, it is usually very evident and does not help you with an assignment such as this one.
