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Jim Crow
Words and definitions for the Post Reconstruction period
Term | Definition |
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Jim Crow laws | Required African Americans and whites to be separated in almost every public place where they might come in contact with each other. |
N.A.A.C.P. (National Association for the Advancement of Colored People | This interracial group's purpoe was to gain legal and economic equality for African Americans. Founded by W.E.B. Dubois and Ida Wells Barnett. |
Booker T. Washington | He believed African Americans should get an education and learn a trade. Equal rights would come later. |
Plessy v. Ferguson | In 1896 the Supreme Court upheld Jim Crow laws and segregation. |
Segregation | Separation of races |
W.E.B. Dubois | He did not believe in segregation. He urged African Americans to fight for civil rights. |
Discrimination | Unfair treatment of a group; unequal treatment often based on racial differences. |