RACE RELATIONS (jan 1, 1896 – jan 1, 1965)

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---Jim Crow Laws were laws that enforced racial segregation in the south. They were put into effect by white democratic state legislatures after the reconstruction period.
---The Plessy vs Ferguson case was a court case that upheld the “separate but equal” doctrine. This court case took place when Homer Pless refused to sit in a car for blacks.
--- Booker T. Washington was a significant black leader throughout the progressive era, fighting against racism for blacks. He was a leader who had the advantage of getting the presidents on his side.
---W.E.B DuBois was an American Civil Rights leader and was the founder of the Niagra Movement also knows as the NAACP. This stands for the National Association of the Advancement of Colored People. It wanted to end racism and ensure their constitutional rights.
---Ida B. Wells was a woman’s rights activist and a passionate campaigner against racism.