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Meanwhile, a dispute developed in the African American community about how to advance. W.E.B. Du Bois took a more aggressive and militant approach to advancement than Booker Washington had. In 1905 Du Bois founded the Niagara Movement, which demanded full citizenship rights for African Americans. In 1909 he founded the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP),<ref>http://www.naacp.org/about/</ref> which became very influential in the mid-to-late 1900s in advocating for civil rights.
But the NAACP was too "moderate" or passive not aggressive enough for some. Marcus Garvey, another African American leader, founded the United Negro Improvement Association, which advocated both black pride and a return to Africa.
In 1915, in ''Guinn v. U.S.'', the U.S. Supreme Court helped African Americans by striking down "grandfather clauses" that interfered with voting by descendants of slaves. The Court based its ruling on the 15th Amendment, which guarantees the right to vote regardless of "race, color, or previous condition of servitude." In other words, the 15th Amendment prohibited interfering with the rights of former slaves to vote.
In the last our prior lecture we discussed imperialism, and mentioned how Teddy Roosevelt became a hero in the Spanish-American War. He is also a modern-day hero to some; the 2008 presidential candidate Republican John McCain considered Teddy Roosevelt to be a said his role model. was Teddy Roosevelt . He is the only modern figure to have his face carved in Mount Rushmore in South Dakota, due to his support for the national park systemand perhaps also his support of outdoor strenuous activities. Let's look now at this important , fascinating American President.
== Teddy Roosevelt ==
