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Segregation and Discrimination

Segregation and Discrimination. 13 th , 14 th , 15 th AMENDMENTS. RECONSTRUCTION AMENDMENTS. 13 TH AMENDMENT OUTLAWED SLAVERY. 14 TH AMENDMENT MADE AFRICAN AMERICANS CITIZENS GUARANTEED EQUAL PROTECTION UNDER THE LAW. 15 TH AMENDMENT GUARANTEED AFRICAN AMERICANS THE RIGHT TO VOTE.

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Segregation and Discrimination

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  1. Segregation and Discrimination

  2. 13th, 14th, 15th AMENDMENTS RECONSTRUCTION AMENDMENTS 13TH AMENDMENT OUTLAWED SLAVERY 14TH AMENDMENT MADE AFRICAN AMERICANS CITIZENS GUARANTEED EQUAL PROTECTION UNDER THE LAW 15TH AMENDMENT GUARANTEED AFRICAN AMERICANS THE RIGHT TO VOTE 13, 14, 15 – FREE, CITIZENS,VOTE

  3. The 13th, 14th and 15th Amendments were supposed to protect the rights of African Americans under the U.S. Constitution… But they did not because of a ruling by the U.S. Supreme Court…

  4. PLESSY v. FERGUSON(1896) U.S. Supreme Court case that made segregation legal in the United States Established the principle of “separate but equal” Homer Plessy

  5. PLESSY v. FERGUSON (1896) “Separate but equal” meant that minorities were not allowed in the same places as whites Southern states passed laws that legalized segregation known as “Jim Crow” laws

  6. For the next 70 years, Jim Crow laws dominated society in the South for African Americans. “Jim Crow” was a pejorative term from the 1828 minstrel song “Jump, Jim Crow” Preformed in black face.

  7. Some areas that were separate: • Bus station waiting rooms and ticket windows • Railroad cars or coaches • Restaurants and lunch counters • Schools and public parks • Restrooms and water fountains • Sections of movie theaters • There were even separate cemeteries

  8. At the bus station, Durham, North Carolina, 1940.

  9. Greyhound bus terminal, Memphis, Tennessee. 1943.

  10. A rest stop for bus passengers on the way from Louisville, Kentucky to Nashville, Tennessee, with separate entrance for Blacks. 1943.

  11. A sign at bus station, Rome, Georgia. 1943.

  12. A highway sign advertising tourist cabins for Blacks, South Carolina. 1939.

  13. Cafe, Durham, North Carolina. 1939.

  14. Drinking fountain on the courthouse lawn, Halifax, North Carolina. 1938.

  15. Movie theater’s "Colored" entrance, Belzoni, Mississippi. 1939.

  16. The Rex theater for colored people, Leland, Mississippi. June 1937.

  17. Restaurant, Lancaster, Ohio. 1938.

  18. Water cooler in the street car terminal, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. 1939.

  19. Sign above movie theater, Waco, Texas. 1939.

  20. Beale Street, Memphis, Tennessee. 1939.

  21. What to do about it? Two most influential black leaders: • Booker T. Washington • W.E.B. DuBois

  22. Assignment Write about your feelings in next 20 minutes: • Letter • Essay • Song • Poem • Drawing

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