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Zoot Suit Riots: - series of riots that happened during WWII in Los Angeles between white sailors and the Latino community - wool was rationed during WWII - zoot suits were baggy, wool suits - sailers would try to tear off suits from young Mexican Americans (drag out of movie theaters + articles describing how to "de-zoot zoot suiters") - thought Latino community was provoking them by displaying extravagance during war times - ties to Invisible Man: judging people by stereotypes and appearances, power struggle between whites and minorities

Marcus Garvey -founded Black Star Line—>attempted to move Blacks back to Africa (Back to Africa Movement) -very pro black; anti-white->similar to Ras the Exhorter -part of Rastafarian Movement; came to be seen as a prophet -promoted Pan-Africanism -Du Bois feared that Garvey's activities would undermine his efforts toward black rights -"I regard the Klan, the Anglo-Saxon clubs and White American societies, as far as the Negro is concerned, as better friends of the race than all other groups of hypocritical whites put together. I like honesty and fair play. You may call me a Klansman if you will, but, potentially, every white man is a Klansman, as far as the Negro in competition with whites socially, economically and politically is concerned, and there is no use lying."

W.E.B. DuBois -An early black civil rights advocate -Leader of the Niagara movement which later became the NAACP -His idea for the advancement of civil rights was that blacks should try to better themselves and not care about what whites forced on them -This contrasts with Booker T. Washington who believes that blacks should work with whites do what they expect -The narrator should not restrict himself to the expectations of whites or the Brotherhood -Would be similar to Ras in that he believed that blacks should work with blacks to advance themselves

Tulsa Race Riot 1921 -White woman went into store elevator -came out screaming and assumed black man had raped her -black man fled but arrested -mobs were trying to lynch the man, came to the prison the man was at -black and whites clashed, shot, burned city -similar to in IM where people are looting stores until chaos subsides

Sambo Dolls

- Originally an Indian Doll - By the time of the Invisible Man, the term is used as derogatory towards blacks - The dolls on strings represent how the blacks are the puppets of society

Communist Party

Political party that believes in equality for all of its members; believes in the overthrow of capitalism; the idea shows up in the Brotherhood, which works to overthrow the established order; Communism like Brotherhood, is also corrupt at the higher ranks.

Big Ideas

What is the book about

• Racism
• Identity
• The nature of society between Civil War and WW 1
• Disillusionment
• What makes a person human?
• Fighting a stereotype of a stereotype
• Misconception of people's motives
• View of racial interaction

Style

• Surreallism
• Role of speeches
  • kinds of rhetorical and oratorical devices in the speeches
• Use of sounds and music