Struggle of equality African-Americans faced

By ekelcy
  • Ku Klux Klan

    Began in Tennessee. Killed the African Americans and if you were for the blacks and their equality they would burn a cross in your yard.
  • Allowed to vote

    15th amendment is ratified- gave blacks the right to vote.
  • Jim Crow Law

    most southern states were to separate white people from colored people due to this law. Such as schools, bathrooms, water fountains, etc. This law affected everyday life.
  • Plessy v.s Ferguson

    supreme court decision that states that racial segregation is constitutional
  • Harlem Renaissance

    it was a literacy, artistic, and intellectual movement that fosters a new balck cultural identity.