African Americans during the New South Era
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- Ohhhhh, I got to goooooo!
- White restrooms only
- What do you think your doing. The sign says whites only!
- This is the white only section and your not white. What do you think you're doing.
- Does it look like I care, this is Louisiana, it does not matter if your .5/8th black or fully black. A black man is a black man
- My name is Homer Plessy and I am only 1/8th Black
- Blacks
- Whites
- Aaaaaaargh
- Before you go inside to vote, you have to take this test! HAHAHA
- In the New South Era, Georgia moved forward economically, however a new set of social challenges were presented to African Americans. They were white created laws called the Jim Crow laws. These laws segregated whites from blacks everywhere including bus stations, restaurants, and even bathrooms
- Ahhhh!
- BOO!
- In 1892, a man named Homer Plessy challenged the Jim Crow laws by going to jail for sitting in the "Whites Only" section of the East Louisiana Train Station. He was 1/8th black but in Louisiana he was considered back therefore restricted from the whites section. He took his case to court saying the 13th and 14th amendment was violated but since he was black he was said to be guilty by Judge John Howard Ferguson
- The 15th amendment gave blacks the right to vote but when whites gained control of politics they legally denied African Americans the right to vote by using property taxes, poll taxes, and literacy rates.
- To scare blacks away whites brought back the Ku Klux Klan to scare black voters away. They were set up at polling places, and burned crosses near the homes of their victims. They also burned black churches and schools.
- During this time there were two black men who had different views of how to treat the African Americans. The first man was Booker T Washington. He believed the separate but equal lifestyle, meaning that all people should have equal paychecks and rights but it does not matter if the socialization did not change. On the other hand, a man named Web Du Bois believed that blacks and whites should have no advantages/disadvantages over the other.
- My name is Booker T Washington and I believe all American citizens should be separate but equal
- My name is W.E.B Du Bois and I believe if all American citizens don't receive fair treatment then the U.S will be problematic
- There was also a famous man named Alonzo Herndon who was born a slave but by the age of seven went of into the real world. Despite the color of his skin his determination led to opening his very own barbershop called the crystal palace which served white people. His business was booming and he eventually opened the Atlanta Life Insurance company for black citizens to receive insurance.
- My name is Alonzo Herndon and this is my barber shop, the Crystal Palace
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