Based upon race
Directed primarily against
African Americans, but other
groups also were kept segregated
Separation by race
Laws passed to discriminate against African Americans
Made discrimination practices
legal in many communities and
states
Created unequal work, education,
housing and government
Jim Crow
Supreme Court case that stated
segregation IS legal
Booker T. Washington
-believed equality could
be achieved through
vocational (job)
education; accepted
social segregation
W.E.B. DuBois
-believed in full
political, civil, and
social rights for
African Americans;
believed in higher
education
Other targeted groups included:
 Chinese
 Irish
Congress
passed the
Chinese
Exclusion
Act to limit
the number
of Chinese
Immigrants