January 28, 2019

Intro

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Jim Crow Laws

began after the Civil War as a means to disenfranchise African Americans from participation in Democracy.   These were the laws that made it illegal among other things to marry outside one's own race and segregated restrooms, restaurants, hotels and other businesses. 

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Plessy v. Ferguson 1896

A landmark court case that made it to the Supreme Court, resulting in "Separate but Equal."   Legalized SEGREGATION

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The Great Migration 

African Americans left the southern states to work in factories in the north and seek more equal treatment. 

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Brown vs. Board of Education 1954

   Made segregation ILLEGAL in public schools 

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