1900's- African-American Anthem

Even after emancipation life was still horrible for African-Americans. At least one to two African-Americans were lynched weekly from 1900-1910. In the United States in 1900 there were roughly 76 million people and roughly 9 million of them were African-American. On February 12th, 1909 the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) was formed to convince the courts to give African-Americans equal rights. Many African-Americans have a very strong spiritual faith. Their spirituality is what helped guide them through the oppression of the slave trade and the segregation of the south.