Segregation and DiscriminationJanuary 3rd/4th

Welcome! Warm Up

Write in 1 paragraph a response to this prompt:

In which ways was Reconstruction a success? In which ways was Reconstruction a failure?

**If you were absent/there is no grade in the gradebook for the Unit 6 Test, it is your responsibility to let me know (and ask for a pass if needed) when you will make it up! Quarter #2 is coming to a close!

A little review...

● Segregation through Jim Crow laws○ Limited freedoms for African-Americans○ Separation of races in public and private facilities

● Voting Restrictions○ Literacy test - must be able to pass a test to vote○ Poll tax - must pay a tax to vote○ Grandfather clause - exempt from those if your family voted before the war

● Physical Violence○ Ku Klux Klan○ Lynchings and beatings

Lynching in the South

Plessy v. Ferguson

● African-American activists try to protest unfair state segregation laws● 1896 - Plessy v. Ferguson Supreme Court case● Established the idea of “separate but equal”● The Supreme Court said this did not violate the 14th Amendment (which

promised legal equality)● Allowed segregation and Jim Crow laws in the South, as long as “equal”

services were provided

Today’s Agenda...

● Finish Segregation & Jim Crow Notes - 15 minutes● Go through document analysis - 30 minutes● Question run through as a class (if needed) - 10-15 minutes● Remainder of class - watch clips about Jim Crow● Last 10 minutes - write your thesis

The North:

● “The Great Migration”○ Blacks moved to Northern cities for better paying jobs and social equality

● Still faced racial discrimination○ Segregated neighborhoods○ Workplace discrimination

Responses of African-Americans

Ida B. Wells

● She led an anti-lynching crusade● Called for the federal government to take action

Booker T. Washington

● Founded Tuskegee Institute ○ Gradual path to equality is through vocation education and economic success

● Criticized for accepting segregation

W.E.B. Du Bois

● Demanded immediate political equality and civil rights for African-Americans

● Formed the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) in 1909

● Ph.D. from Harvard● Founded the Niagara Movement → to promote university

education for African-Americans

Slavery by Another Name PBS Video

http://www.pbs.org/tpt/slavery-by-another-name/watch/ - 90 minutes

Assignment - use your notes, the video, and pg. 530-531 in the textbook

Compare and contrast the views of Booker T. Washington and WEB du Bois in a Venn Diagram

Jim Crow - Resources

● The Rise and Fall of Jim Crow● What were Jim Crow Laws?● Plessy v. Ferguson● Ida B. Wells mini-biography● Strange Fruit Information

○ Billie Holiday Live performance of Strange Fruit

● Emmitt Till Case (does not work on school wifi)● Lynching Memorial News Clip● More information about lynching