Following the springfield race riots of 1908, journalist william english walling called on his fellow americans to "revive the a
bolitionist spirit," which led to the development of the universal negro improvement association. black nationalism movement. niagara movement. national association for the advancement of colored people.
The correct answer to this question is "<span> black nationalism movement." </span>Following the springfield race riots of 1908, journalist william english walling called on his fellow americans to "revive the abolitionist spirit," that led to the development of the <span> black nationalism movement.</span>
The right answer is National association for the advancement of colored people.
On August 14, Mabel Hallam, the wife of a streetcar conductor claimed that she was raped by a black man. This report led to the arresting of two black men. The local Sheriff, fearing the safety of the prisoners transferred them to Bloomington, infuriating the white locals. This furious white mob invaded Springfield’s black neighborhood beat its residents and destroying its homes and businesses, eight blacks were dead, and seventy people, both black and white, were injured. In 1909, black and white activists met in New York to protest the Springfield riots. Led by Mary White Ovington and Oswald Garrison Villard issued a call for a meeting to do racial justice. Out of the sixty that were present seven of those individuals were African-American including W.E.B Dubois, Ida B. Wells, and Mary Church Terrell, and also William English founded the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People.
Throughout the 17th and 18th centuries people were kidnapped from the continent of Africa, forced into slavery in the American colonies and exploited to work as indentured servants and labor in the production of crops such as tobacco and cotton.