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8.3 Segregation and Discrimination
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Discrimination in the South Techniques white leaders would use to keep African Americans from voting: – “Literacy” tests that were made harder for black voters than white ones – Poll taxes; both white and black sharecroppers were too poor to be able to pay these – Grandfather clause meant white voters who failed either of the above could still vote.
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Discrimination in the South “Jim Crow” laws meant that states could legally segregate black from white citizens. The Plessy v. Ferguson Supreme Court decision supported these laws – Segregation was okay as long as everything was “separate but equal”
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Discrimination in the South Black men had to take off their hats and move off the sidewalk for white people – White people often called grown black men “boy” Attacks, beatings, and lynchings were common
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Black Leaders During Reconstruction (1865-1877), several black colleges were created – Booker T. Washington pushed for educating African Americans with job skills at Tuskegee Institute He believed equality would be gained through education – W.E.B. Dubois wanted the “Talented 1/10,” (smartest) black leaders to receive a liberal arts education
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Discrimination outside the South Northern white workers didn’t want black people to take their jobs – Black workers often earned less money, were fired more often, and were denied union membership – Occasionally there would be riots against black workers
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Discrimination outside the South In the West, racial tensions were still there, but they weren’t as bad – Mexicans helped build the railroads and work the agricultural fields A system of debt peonage kept Mexican and black workers stuck basically in slavery to pay off a debt. – Chinese Exclusion Act cut off most Chinese immigration after 1886 But those who were already here were severely abused.
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