Pump-Up What were laws that prevented African Americans from gaining rights? What were traditions that prevented African Americans from gaining rights?

Segregation & Discrimination

Today’s Vocabulary Plessy v Ferguson –Allowed African Americans to be segregated as long as facilities were “separate but equal.” De Facto Segregation –Segregation by tradition. Tuskegee Institute –Trained African Americans in a trade to achieve equality. NAACP –Worked to achieve immediate equality for African Americans.

Restricting the Right to Vote Disenfranchisement –Keeping people from voting. Poll Tax and Literacy Test –Too poor to pay tax. –Many had been denied education. Grandfather Clause –Could vote if you had an ancestor that could vote in 1867.

Legalized Segregation De jure segregation –Segregation by law. Jim Crow Laws –Legal form of segregation and discrimination. Plessy v Ferguson –“Separate but equal.”

Informal Discrimination Live around members of your own race. Lynching De facto segregation –Segregation by tradition.

Ida B. Wells Muckraker who fought against lynching. Demanded a fair trial and punishment for African Americans. National Association of Colored Women.

Wilmington Race Riot “Scalawag” Republicans gain control of Wilmington after the Civil War. Democrats spread the fear of black supremacy. About 2,000 Democrats assemble and burned the Republican controlled newspaper building. –Killed about 100 people. Democrats regain control of Wilmington city gov’t.

Booker T. Washington Believed that African Americans should accept segregation for the moment. –Should work to achieve equality through economic independence rather than immediate action. Tuskegee Institute –Taught practical skills that one needed to become a successful worker. Farming

W. E. B. Du Bois Insisted upon immediate equal treatment and voting rights for African Americans. NAACP –National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. –Goal is to ensure the political, educational, social and economic equality for minorities.

The Great Migration 2 nd migration for African Americans. (Exodusters) Went North for freedom and economic opportunities. WWI –Demand grew for war equipment. –New jobs available. Thousands of African Americans streamed into northern cities.

Henry Ford Model T –First affordable automobile. Assembly Line –Made cars identical. –Decreased prices. –Faster production. $5 wages –Enabled his workers to buy cars.

Classwork Today you will decided who’s advice should African Americans follow to end segregation and discrimination, either Booker T. Washington’s or W.E.B. Du Bois. While reading both men’s advice, you will answer questions. After you have completed the reading, you will create a product to push African Americans to follow one of the two men. –Your product can be a written or illustrated piece. –Ex: Persuasive essay, poem, song, recipe, political cartoon

Reflection Explain the methods that African Americans use during the Progressive Era to fight against segregation and discrimination?