1. Segregation and Discrimination1

2. RECONSTRUCTION AMENDMENTS
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. But they did not because of a ruling by the U.S. Supreme Court…
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. Preformed in black face.
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.

8. 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

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

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

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

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

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

14. Cafe, Durham, North Carolina. 1939.

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

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

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

18. Restaurant, Lancaster, Ohio. 1938.

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

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

21. Beale Street, Memphis, Tennessee. 1939.

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

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