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Seperate But Equal Under Law
1890 Spereate but Equal status formed.
However, there was no equality:
African Americans had no money or reseources for good facilities so theirs were separeted from whites using colored and white signs, seen in the picture.
Public segregation: Kept from public places Ex- public transportation, jobs, restaurants, schools, water fountains, and restrooms. North: Segregation seen in housing and jobs
South: segregation observed everywhere -
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Jim Crow
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Disenfranchise of 10/11 Confederate States
Poll Taxes
Literacy Tests
Residency requirements
1910: only 730 eligable
Cant vote= eliminates political positions and therefore no public activity from African Americans is seen in this time and can't speak for change. -
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Progressive: Laws Sperate, but even if laws dont it is becoming common to exclude blacks from every thing
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Nebraska Marrige
“Marriages are void when one party is a white person and the other is possessed of one-eighth or more negro, Japanese, or Chinese blood.” -
Military and Job Segregation
Wilson requests pictures of those applying to be enlisted and for jobs which kept African Americans from applying.
