2. African Americans Fight Legal Discrimination The African Americans faced hostile and often violent opposition from the whites. There was a law that Africans could never be equal with the whites, but they never stopped fighting.
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4. Plessy v. Ferguson 1896- Supreme Court ruled the separation of races in public accommodations Did not violate the Fourteenth Ammendment “Separate but equal”
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6. Turn of the Century Race Relations Blacks were to be a second class to whites A black man never shook the hand of a white man Blacks had to yield to white pedestrians on sidewalks Blacks had to remove their hats for whites If the black man did not follow these rules they were lynched
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8. Discrimination in the South Until at least 1887 the African Americans were able to vote 20th century-began to develop laws to weaken African American’s political power Voting Restrictions Denied Legal Equality Literate voters and poll taxes Grandfather clause- man was still entitled to vote if he, his father, or his grandfather had been registered to vote before January 1, 1867 Jim Crow Laws
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10. Discrimination in the North Blacks thought they would be treated better in the north Segregated neighborhoods Discriminated in the workplace New York City Race Riot 1900
