Explain three distinct ways that from the 1890s to 1950 African Americans laid the foundation for the modern civil rights movement. (This essay focuses on the black response during the formation of the “old Jim Crow” era that made the victories we learn about starting in 1954 possible).

Explain three distinct ways that from the 1890s to 1950 African Americans laid the foundation for the modern civil rights movement. (This essay focuses on the black response during the formation of the “old Jim Crow” era that made the victories we learn about starting in 1954 possible).