1. Discrimination against African Americans 20.3

2. History of Racism Racism existed in the US before slavery Led to slavery Grew after slavery ended

3. Segregation Literacy test for voting to prevent African Americans from voting  Poll Taxes  Grandfather clauses for white people Jim Crow Laws became normal in many cities https://video.search.yahoo.com/video/play;_ylt=A2KIo9aAOZVWylIAYm8snIlQ; _ylu=X3oDMTByZWc0dGJtBHNlYwNzcgRzbGsDdmlkBHZ0aWQDBGdwb3MDMQ -- ?p=jim+crow+laws&vid=e974fc1ed3ba8c0d849e881d75871d8b&turl=http%3A %2F%2Ftse4.mm.bing.net%2Fth%3Fid%3DOVP.V649adadb12822b4a53c8bc4a c8aec8f1%26pid%3D15.1%26h%3D225%26w%3D300%26c%3D7%26rs%3D1&r url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DxzL2Brhg9aQ&tit= The+History+of+Jim+Crow+Laws+- +Part+1&c=0&h=225&w=300&l=795&sigr=11b1dddaf&sigt=1151t4cbd&sigi=1 31mh12ks&age=1323486998&fr2=p%3As%2Cv%3Av&fr=yhs-mozilla- 002&hsimp=yhs-002&hspart=mozilla&tt=b

4. Violence Many African Americans fought back against segregation  Many were lynched for trying to fight back Ida B Wells- African American journalist in Memphis, Tennessee, led the fight against lynching's after 3 of her friends were lynched in 1892. She used her job as a journalist to write articles to organize people against lynching.  When groups of white people attempted to lynch her she moved to Chicago Some African Americans who moved north to escape hatred in south still encountered hatred.

5. Plessy v. Ferguson 1892 Homer Plessy (African American) sued a railroad company claiming they violated his 14 th Amendment right to “equal protection of the laws” Supreme court ruled that “separate but equal” facilities did not violate the 14 th Amendment This allowed southern states to segregate schools, universities, hospitals, any public facility, as long as there was a black and a white option. Separate was not equal- black facilities were usually decaying and falling apart. https://video.search.yahoo.com/video/play;_ylt=A2KIo9XdOZVWtyoATygsnIlQ;_ylu=X3oDMTByZWc0dGJtBHNlYwNzcgRzbGsDdmlkBHZ0aWQDBGdwb3MDMQ-- ?p=plessy+v+ferguson&vid=76eef34f11768b277624eb53f830f7f4&turl=http%3A%2F%2Ftse3.mm.bing.net%2Fth%3Fid%3DOVP.V9fd8c508d6713154b803d0cdef4f1764%26pid%3D15.1%26h%3D225%26w%3D300%26c%3 D7%26rs%3D1&rurl=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DuaSOHKBtuaU&tit=Plessy+v+Ferguson&c=0&h=225&w=300&l=147&sigr=11bc23m8t&sigt=10hrk0o0u&sigi=131s5b2lh&age=1332604800&fr2 =p%3As%2Cv%3Av&fr=yhs-mozilla-002&hsimp=yhs-002&hspart=mozilla&tt=b

6. African Americans Organize Fight Booker T. Washington 1881 founded the Tuskegee Institute in Alabama to help African Americans learn teaching or trades  Also taught patience, enterprise, and thrift Washington believed advancement could be made through economic security. Did not believe African American people should openly challenge segregation. Thought black and white people could lives separate but equal lives  Became known as Atlanta Compromise

7. African Americans Organize Fight W. E. B. Du Bois Strongly disagreed with Booker T. Washington’s approach He believed that African Americans should fight back against segregation. Thought that industrial training would limit black people to inferior jobs. He thought higher education was the answer. “Talented Tenth”- educated teachers, ministers, and professionals who would led the fight.

8. African American Fight 1909 Du Bois, Jane Addams, and other African American reformers founded the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP). Played a major role in helping fight for the end of segregation.