Lesson 5 Flashcards
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What was the Plessy Vs Ferguson Supreme Court Case
This case established a legal basis for the segregation that hindered black progress
What did the Plessy Vs Ferguson Case create
Created the principle of seperate but equal. This created the basis of the Jim Crow Laws
What was the Jim Crow Laws
These laws lasted for almost 100 years, from the post-Civil War era until around 1968, and their main purpose was to legalize the marginalization of African Americans.
How did Plessy Vs Ferguson start
The underlying case began in 1892 when Homer Plessy, a mixed-race man, deliberately boarded a whites-only train car in New Orleans. By boarding the whites-only car, Plessy violated Louisiana’s Separate Car Act of 1890, which required “equal, but separate” railroad accommodations for white and black passengers.
What was the development of the Plessy Vs Ferguson Case
From the state court and upwards ending in the supereme court
When was the Red Summer
1919
Why the period of 1919 called the Red Summer
Due to 26 riots having taken place in that year
What was the worst riot which had happened in the Red Summer
Chicago
What happened during the Chicago riot of the Red Summer
The riot had occured when a 17 year old black youth had entered a beach which was reserved for black people. Several white bathers attacked the boy which resulted in his death
What was the response the murder of Eugene Williams in the Red Summer
The Chicago Riot had lasted 5 days with the deaths of 38 people and 537 people being left wounded
How many people were left homeless after the Chicago Riot
1000 black families were left homeless
When was the Tulsa Riot
1921
How did the Tulsa Riot originally start
A young black American, Dick Rowland, was accused of sexually assualting a white woman on a lift.
What were the further allegations charged against Dick Rowland
That Rowland had scratched the hands and the face of the girl in an assualt
What did these further allegations lead to
At around 10:30, nearly 2000 white Americans had surrounded where Dick Rowland was being held demanding to lynch him
What was the aftermath of the Tulsa Riot
200-300 black Americans dead
How many black homes and businesses were burned in the Tulsa Race Riots
1000 homes and businesses
How many black Americans left Tulsa after the race riots
2500 black Americans (Half of Tulsas population)
