Seton Hill University Black Presence Timeline: 1910s
Seton Hill University Black Presence Timeline: 1910s
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1914
1914
Seton Hill Junior College is founded by the Sisters of Charity.
1915
1915
The film Birth of a Nation is released and gains international popularity. The film emphasizes anti-Black sentiments and stereotypes, particularly the "brute" caricature of Black men. The film also painted the Ku Klux Klan in a positive light and is partially credited for the group's resurgence.
"Lift Every Voice and Sing" is established as the Black National Anthem by the NAACP (National Association for the Advancement of Colored People). The song was written by brothers Weldon and Rosamond Johnson.
1916
1916
During this time period we see the early stages of the Great Migration, where roughly 6 million Black individuals moved out of the heavily oppressive south and into western and northern America in search of better opportunities.
Carter G. Woodson's Association for the Study of Negro Life and History establishes the Journal of Negro History. This publication was the first dedicated to American Black History.
1917
1917
The first significant civil rights protest of the 20th century is organized and completed by the NAACP. The organization does this in response to racial and social injustice.
The East St. Louis Race Riot occurs and lasts two days, leaving Black residents dead, injured and displaced.
1918
1918
The Chester, Pennsylvania Race Riot occurs. Just days later, another emerges in Philadelphia, both ending with casualties.
Seton Hill becomes a 4-year college.
1919
1919
The summer of 1919 is labeled the Red Summer as a result of the many race riots that occurred across the United States.
The NAACP publishes "Thirty Years of Lynching in the United States: 1898-1918". This pamphlet was written with the intention of urging lawmakers to make lynching illegal in the United States.
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