The Jim Crow Era:
Segregation and Discrimination
In The South:
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Segregation through Jim Crow laws
 Limited freedoms for African-Americans
 Separation of races in public and private facilities
Voting Restrictions
 Literacy test – Must be able to pass a test to vote
 Poll tax – Must pay a tax to vote
 Grandfather clause – Exempt from those if your
family voted before the war
Physical Violence
 Ku Klux Klan
 Lynchings and Beatings
Lynching in the South
Plessy v.
Ferguson
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African-American activists try to
protest unfair state segregation laws
1896 – Plessy vs. Ferguson Supreme Court case
Established the idea of “SEPARATE BUT EQUAL”
The Supreme Court said this did not violate the
14th Amendment (which promised legal equality)
Allowed segregation and Jim Crow laws in the
South, as long as “equal” services were provided
"We, as freemen, still believe that we
were right and our cause is sacred."
The North:
 “The
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Great Migration”
Blacks moved to Northern cities for better
paying jobs and social equality
 Still
faced racial discrimination
Segregated neighborhoods
 Workplace discrimination
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RESPONSES OF
AFRICAN-AMERICANS
Ida B. Wells
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She led an anti-lynching
crusade
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Called for the federal
government to take
action
Booker T. Washington
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Founded Tuskegee Institute
 Gradual path to equality is through
vocational education and economic success
 Criticized for
accepting segregation
W.E.B. Du Bois
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Demanded immediate political equality and
civil rights for African-Americans
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Formed the National Association for the
Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) in 1909
Ph.D. from Harvard
Founded the Niagara Movement:
to promote university education for
African-Americans
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Assignment – Use your notes, the video,
and pages 530-531 in your book.
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Compare and contrast the views of Booker T. Washington
and W.E.B. du Bois in a Venn Diagram:
Booker T.
Washington
W.E.B. du Bois
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Compare and contrast the views of Booker T. Washington
and W.E.B. du Bois in a Venn Diagram:
Booker T. Washington
W.E.B. du Bois