reconstruction & old jim crow
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Reconstruction &
Old Jim CrowLECTURE NOTES
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What is Reconstruction?
Post Civil War period (1865-1877)
The period following the Civil War of
rebuilding the United States.
Region: South
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Reconstruction Amendments
13th Amendment: Abolished slavery. FREE
14th Amendment: Gave African-Americans
citizenship. CITIZENSHIP
15th Amendment: Gave African-Americans the right to vote. VOTE
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Jim Crow Laws
Laws put into place at the
state and local level to
enforce segregation
Segregation: the separation of whites and blacks
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Examples of Jim Crow Laws
Segregation of public schools
Segregation of public places such as libraries, pools, and parks
Denial of services at restaurants
Segregation of restroom and water fountains
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Plessy vs. Ferguson (1896)
Supreme Court ruling that
upheld Jim Crow laws and
the doctrine of “separate,
but equal”.
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Significance of the Plessy Decision
Due to this decision,
the doctrine of
“separate, but
equal” remained
legal until the mid-
1950’s
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The Fight Against
Jim CrowKEY FIGURES
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Ida B. Wells
Organized the national Anti-Lynching Crusade.
Lynching – murder by hanging.
One of the main tactics used to terrorize African Americans, especially in the South.
Her research revealed that 728 African American men and women had been lynched in the past decade.
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W.E.B DuBois
Real name was William Edward Burghardt.
First African American to receive a Ph. D from Harvard University.
Noted Historian.
One of the founders of the NAACP (National Association for the Advancement of Colored People)
Editor of the journal The Crisis.
Wanted immediate racial equality and integration.
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Booker T. Washington
Prominent African American leader.
Argued African Americans should:
Seek gradual equality
Focus on job training
Do not be too demanding with
integration
Established the Tuskegee Institute.
Atlanta Compromise Speech (1895)