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SEGREGATION AND DISCRIMINATION
Chapter 8, Section 3
By Erin Markham
African Americans Fight Legal Discrimination The African Americans faced hostile and
often violent opposition from the whites. There was a law that Africans could
never be equal with the whites, but they never stopped fighting.
Plessy v. Ferguson
1896- Supreme Court ruled the separation of races in public accommodations
Did not violate the Fourteenth Ammendment
“Separate but equal”
Turn of the Century Race Relations Blacks were to be a second class to
whites A black man never shook the hand of a
white man Blacks had to yield to white pedestrians on
sidewalks Blacks had to remove their hats for whites If the black man did not follow these rules
they were lynched
Discrimination in the South Until at least 1887 the African Americans were
able to vote 20th century-began to develop laws to weaken
African American’s political power Voting Restrictions Denied Legal Equality Literate voters and poll taxes Grandfather clause- man was still entitled to
vote if he, his father, or his grandfather had been registered to vote before January 1, 1867
Jim Crow Laws
Discrimination in the North Blacks thought they would be treated
better in the north Segregated neighborhoods Discriminated in the workplace New York City Race Riot 1900
Discrimination in the West
Native Americans Asian immigrants Mexicans in southwest
Sources
http://www.digitaljournalist.org/issue0309/lm18.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lynching_in_the_United_States
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Racial_segregation
http://afroamhistory.about.com/od/jimcrowlaw1/Jim_Crow_Laws.htm
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