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Jim Crow Laws
The Jim Crow laws was an expanded period of time in which the U.S. government had harsh racial segregation and local statues. They prevented African Americans from voting, education, and holding jobs. Those whom did not follow the laws often faced arrest, fines, jail sentences, violence, beating, and death. This was a huge problem because -
Ida B: Wells
Ida B. Wells is an early civil rights movement leader, a journalist, and an anti-lynching activist. She wanted America to see the brutality other cultures are going through. The complexity of her writing allowed Americans to realize how bad lynching was and show society how horrific it is. -
Lynching of Jesse Washington
Jesse Washington was a 17 year old boy with a disability. De facto segregation was used to trick Jesse into signing a confession even though he didn’t know what it meant. -
Scottboro boys
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Emmit Tills Death
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Rosa Parks & the bus boycotts
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Little Rock 9
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Selma March
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The Central Park 5
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George Floyd