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WCTU-1874
Anti-Saloon League - 1893
18th Amendment (Alcohol Prohibition in Kansas) - 1919
21st Amendment (repeal of the 18th) - 1933' |
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| Wrote for McClure's Magazine. One of his most famous works was entitled Following the Color Line. |
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| 1896 Supreme Court ruling that set the precedent that "separate" facilities for blacks and whites were constitutional as long as they were "equal". |
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AKA Negro codes, AKA Jim Crow laws.
-Black man cannot touch a white woman, even to shake her hand (can be accused of rape)
-Blacks should not eat with whites, if they do they are to be served last and have a barrier between the whites and the black
-A black man should not shake hands with a white man - shows that they are equal
-Etc. |
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-Formed in 1866 in Pulaski, Tennessee
-Original objective, stop blacks from voting - this later changed to general harassment of black Americans.
-The Klan's power waned in the late 1800s and early 1900s. |
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| Southern Christian Leadership Conference - SCLC |
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-African American organization.
-Church based.
-Fought to end discrimination.
-Led by Martin Luther King Jr.
-Nonviolent resistance.
-Boycotts, marches, protests.
-March on Washington in August of 1963. |
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| Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee - SNCC |
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-Loose association of student activists.
-Southern based.
-Performed sit-ins.
-"Silent" protests.
-Nonviolent protests. |
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-Integrated group - black and white members.
-Travelled on buses through South.
-Goal to end bus/transportation discrimination.
-Some went to jail, were beaten, buses bombed.
-Some believed movement would end due to violence against members. |
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-African American applicant to University of Mississippi
-University of Mississippi was forced to admit him.
-Governor opposed it and chose to not allow him to enter, forced to admit. |
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| Congress of Racial Equality - CORE |
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-Northern based.
-Civil rights group.
-Launched nonviolent protests against racial discrimination. |
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-Nonviolent protests.
-Sat down in a certain place to protest discrimination.
-Refused to leave.
-Ex: Sat down in white section of restaurant, refused to leave.
-Many were injured/killed/beaten. |
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-9 African American students
-Were integrated into an all white high school in Little Rock, Arkansas
-Were bullied, etc. |
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-50,000 African Americans
-Organized a boycott against buses in order to end transportation of segregation.
-In honor of Rosa Parks. |
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-Banned racial discrimination in public and jobs.
-DOJ was allowed to bring lawsuits when law was violated.
-Allowed African Americans to vote. |
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| -Law that made it a federal crime to prevent qualified persons from voting. |
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