How did women’s labor organizing evolve during the Progressive Era?

A.) Describe the concept of the “Black metropolis”. What was the relationship between working class Black laborers and respectable Black elites in Chicago’s Black metropolis, and how did that relationship contribute to the economic independent of Chicago’s Black community?
B.) How did Ida B. Wells attempt to address the problems of anti-Black violence and Black oppression? Describe three of the strategies she employed and what she hoped to achieve with each one.
C.) How did women’s labor organizing evolve during the Progressive Era? How did issues of class help to shape women’s organizing in the period? (In your answer, be sure to mention at least one of the organizations and one of the women organizers/activists that we read about)
D.) How did non-white intellectuals and activists like Ho Chi Minh and Marcus Garvey engage the concept of “self-determination?” In light of what you learned about Woodrow Wilson, was it hypocritical for Wilson and the United States to promote self-determination in the wake of World War 1? Why or why not?

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