1. To list some of the values and objectives of the black middle class at the beginning of the 20th century; 2. To outline efforts made by Dr. Pope and other African Americans to gain civil rights in the years before the modern Civil Rights Movement of the 1950s and 1960s; 3. To identify the attributes that helped Dr. M.T. Pope succeed as an African-American entrepreneur and citizen; 4. To research how race relations shaped their community, past and present.
Recommended level: Middle School: Sixth Grade through Eighth Grade
1. Dr. M.T. Pope and the Black Middle Class in Early 20th-Century Raleigh
2. Civil Rights Efforts Before the Modern Movement