1. Segregation and Discrimination at the Turn of the 19th Century

2. White Opposition to African American Civil Rights
Voting Restrictions
Literacy tests
Grandfather clauses for white people
Poll Taxes
Jim Crow Laws
Laws which separated white and black people.
The laws of segregation

3. Plessy V. Ferguson Summary
Read the first two paragraphs of the Plessy V. Ferguson Supreme Court decision.
In pairs, summarize both paragraphs on separate GIST activity sheets.

4. Plessy V. Ferguson
A Supreme Court Case which tested the legality of racial segregation.
The Court ruled that segregation did not violate the rights of black citizens if accommodations were “separate but equal”.

5. Turn of the Century Race Relations
A racial etiquette had to be followed and if not there would be serious consequences for African Americans.
Consequences
Firings
Lynchings
Shootings
Burnings

6. Example of Racial Etiquette in Emmit Till’s Murder
While watching this video, identify examples of etiquette displayed by the African American men, and how it differs from the white men.

7. Discrimination in the North
Many African Americans moved north around 1900 to escape racism, called “The Great Migration”
They found similar discrimination.
Segregated schools, and neighborhoods.
Workplace discrimination.
NYC race riots.

8. Discrimination in the West
Mexican discrimination
Work discrimination on the railroads, mining and agriculture.
Debt Peonage - forced labor to pay off a debt.
Chinese Exclusion Act (1882)
In California, Chinese immigration was halted because of work competition.