Prohibition Movement Helps African Americans

The prohibition movement helped start the Jazz era. During this time African Americans started to form jazz bands and play instruments like the trumpet, saxophone, and piano. Whites started to listen to them play and enjoyed them which gave African Americans more freedom from what they originally had. The prohibition movement helped African Americans to get more rights and be accepted more into society.  

• Early, Gerald. "Jazz and the African American Literary Tradition, Freedom's Story, TeacherServe®, National Humanities Center." Jazz and the African American Literary Tradition, Freedom's Story, TeacherServe®, National Humanities Center. National Humanities Center, n.d. Web. 24 Nov. 2013. <http://nationalhumanitiescenter.org/tserve/freedom/1917beyond/essays/jazz.htm>.
• "The Jazz Age." Boundless. N.p., n.d. Web. 24 Nov. 2013. <https://www.boundless.com/u-s-history/from-the-new-era-to-the-great-depression-1920-1933/the-culture-of-change/the-jazz-age/>.
• "People & Events:The Jazz Age." PBS. PBS, n.d. Web. 24 Nov. 2013. <http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/monkeytrial/peopleevents/e_jazzage.html>.

World War I

During World War I many African Americans moved north and suffered racial discrimination.  This led to many African Americans to support prohibition. 

• Riffel, Brent E. "Prohibition - Encyclopedia of Arkansas." Prohibition - Encyclopedia of Arkansas. University of Arkansas, 02 Dec. 2013. Web. 22 Nov. 2013. <http://www.encyclopediaofarkansas.net/encyclopedia/entry-detail.aspx?entryID=3002>. 
• "African-American Soldiers in World War I: The 92nd and 93rd Divisions | EDSITEment." African-American Soldiers in World War I: The 92nd and 93rd Divisions | EDSITEment. N.p., n.d. Web. 26 Nov. 2013. <http://edsitement.neh.gov/lesson-plan/african-american-soldiers-world-war-i-92nd-and-93rd-divisions>.
• "A Brief History of the FBI." FBI. FBI, 21 May 2010. Web. 22 Nov. 2013. <http://www.fbi.gov/about-us/history/brief-history>.

"The Call"

Many people during this time wanted to help African Americans with race relations.  This document describes how people should come together to help advocate the civil and political rights of African Americans. To read the full document click this link http://www.loc.gov/exhibits/naacp/founding-and-early-years.html#obj

• Garrison, Oswald. "“Call” for a National Conference to Address Racial Inequality."Library of Congress. The NAACP: A Century in the Fight for Freedom, n.d. Web. 26 Nov. 2013. 
• "NAACP: A Century in the Fight for FreedomFounding and Early Years." Founding and Early Years. Library of Congress, n.d. Web. 26 Nov. 2013. <http://www.loc.gov/exhibits/naacp/founding-and-early-years.html>.
• Kirk, John. "The Long Road to Equality for African-Americans." History Today. History Today, 2009. Web. 24 Nov. 2013. <http://www.historytoday.com/john-kirk/long-road-equality-african-americans>.

Move Towards Prohibition

African Americans wanted to ban alcohol and strongly helped the move towards prohibition.

• Bacheler, Origen. "Colored Temperance Societies." The Liberator n.d.: 196. Primary Research. Web. 22 Nov. 2013.
• "Race Will Benefit from Prohibition." Cleveland Gazette 08 May 1887, 04th ed., sec. 51: n. pag. The African-American Experience in Ohio. Ohio History Center. Web. 22 Nov. 2013.
• "American Racial History Timeline, 1900-1960." Occidental Dissent. N.p., n.d. Web. 26 Nov. 2013. <http://www.occidentaldissent.com/american-racial-history-timeline-2/american-racial-history-timeline-1900-1960/>.

Professor Sampson

Professor Sampson wanted to ban alcohol because he felt that African Americans would finally be accepted into society. 

• "Race Will Benefit from Prohibition." Cleveland Gazette 08 May 1887, 04th ed., sec. 51: n. pag. The African-American Experience in Ohio. Ohio History Center. Web. 22 Nov. 2013.
• "Results for "prohibition"" Search Results for "prohibition" Library of Congress, n.d. Web. 26 Nov. 2013. <http://www.loc.gov/search/?q=prohibition>.
• "The NAACP: A Century in the Fight for Freedom." - Primary Source Set. Library of Congress, n.d. Web. 26 Nov. 2013. <http://www.loc.gov/teachers/classroommaterials/primarysourcesets/naacp/>.

Booker T. Washington

Booker T. Washington wanted to ban alcohol because it was causing many African Americans to end up in jail. 

• Washington, Booker T. "Negro Crime and Strong Drink." Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology. Northwestern University School of Law Scholarly Commons, n.d. Web. 22 Nov. 2013.  
• "NAACP: A Century in the Fight for FreedomPrelude." Prelude. N.p., n.d. Web. 26 Nov. 2013. <http://www.loc.gov/exhibits/naacp/prelude.html>.
• Washington, Booker T. ""Prohibition and the Negro", by Booker T. Washington, The Outlook, March 14, 1908, Pp. 587-588." UNZ.org. UNZ.org, n.d. Web. 22 Nov. 2013. <http://www.unz.org/Pub/Outlook-1908mar14-00587>.