The Rise of Segregation Resistance and Repression

Imposing segregation A movement to take away African American rights gained followers. Taking Away the vote 15 th Amendment, citizens have the right to vote Cannot be discriminated against due to race, gender, or previous servitude Methods to make voting a challenge for African Americans Poll tax $2 to vote Literacy test Grandfather clause Allowed White Men to vote if he had a relative that voted in 1867 Legalizing segregation Discrimination

Jim Crow Laws “It shall be unlawful for a negro and white person to play together or in company with each other in any game of cards or dice, dominoes or checkers.” —Birmingham, Alabama, 1930

Civil Rights Cases 1883, Supreme Court set out to legalize segregation Overturned the Civil Rights Act of th amendment No state could deny equal protection under the law to it’s citizens for public places Private businesses could practice segregation Southern States made public places separate

Plessy vs. Ferguson 1892 Homer Plessy challenged riding in separate train cars for blacks and whites Arrested for riding in the “white’s only” car Upheld the ruling of separate cars Separate but equal Difference between political rights and social rights

African American Response Ida B. Wells 187 lynching/year without proper court proceedings Mob chased her out of town Moved to Chicago to publish a book about mob violence Mary Church Terrell Women wage-earners Assisted nurses, waitresses, and domestic workers Led a boycott of department stores W.E.B DuBois Writer about the need to fight for civil rights Booker T. Washington Called for Economic goals rather than political goals