AA rights post ww1
Category: Other
Updated: 8 Nov 2018
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Created byJosh B
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Chicago Race Riots 1919Start of the Harlem RenaissanceUNIA in America 1917Oscar de Priest
- Elected to Congress in 1928
- The first AA to do so since 1900The Tragedy of Elaine, Arkansas 1919
- Began with a meeting of black people, the Progressive Farmers and Household Union of America
- Two white officials tried to break it up, both were shot, one wounded, one dead
- White mobs attacked the local black community
- Police arrested many innocent AA
- death toll of AA varies from 20 to 250
- The NAACP successfully appealed to the Supreme Court and got there convictions overturned.Wall street crash 1929Scottsboro Boys 1931Reformation of the KKK 1915
- William Simmons
- Atlanta, GeorgiaStart of the New Deal 1933Jesse Owens wins 4 Gold medals
at the OlympicsHattie McDaniel became the first AA to win an Oscar
- in "Gone with the wind" in 1940Buchanan Vs Warley 1917
- city regulations in Louisville, Kentucky
concerning residential segregation were deemed unconstitutional
- but it was based on property rights, didn't touch segregation in public placesMoore Vs Dempsey 1923
- failed to uphold the death sentence for 12 AA
because the trials were dominated by mobsTrudeau Vs Barnes 1933
- insisted on all state appeals being exhausted
before cases can be taken to the Supreme Court.Gaines Vs Canada 1938
- Ruled that separate but equal facilities must really be legal.
- The University of Missouri rejected Lloyd Gaines application
claiming he was closer to other Universities.
- Argued that this violated constitutional rights.
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