Wednesday, May 14, 2008

Racial Segregation in the South





Jim Crow Laws

  • Passed to discriminate against African Americans.
  • They made discrimination practices legal in many communities and states.
  • Characterized by unequal opportunity in housing, work, government, and education.
African American Response

  • Booker T. Washington- equality through vocational education and accepted segregation.
  • W.E.B. Du Bois- equality through full civil, political, and social rights for African Americans.

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