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|| Marcus Garvey and the Roots of the Civil Rights Movement | CH 1 |
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➤ ...but racial equality remained elusive. Share cropping was a large part of the problem. In theory, share cropping was a fair arrangement. Black people worked white owned land in exchange for an equitable share of the harvest, but in practice it kept African Americans in grinding poverty through perpetual debt...
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|| Marcus Garvey and the Roots of the Civil Rights Movement | CH 1 |
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➤ ...but Garveyism did last long. Its core tenants echoed through the years, influencing the way African Americans approached the struggle for freedom rights long after its namesake was gone. A compelling force in African American history, "Garveyism" is an incredible prism through which to view the deep roots of the civil rights movement.
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Note 1 || Charles Hamilton Houston ...and he scored a major victory when he partnered with the NAACP to contest the legality of restrictive covenants.

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Restrictive covenants were agreements among white homeowners not to sell to African Americans. They gained popularity during the great migration as black populations in cities outside the deep south swell. White homeowners used these agreements to great effect. Keeping communities across the country, from Louisville to Long Island to Los Angeles, lily white.

|| Note 3 || Early in 1948, Houston and others made the case against racially restrictive covenants before the supreme court. In preparation, they rehearsed their oral arguments at Howard Law School, in front of a panel of professors acting as Justices and an audience comprised of law students, who observed and asked questions.