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Washington County, Texas
In Washington county, Texas during 1886 a black man shot a white man as an act of self defense in a angry mob of white men leading to a 25 year sentence. -
Plessy V. Ferguson
The Supreme Court authorizes segregation Plessy V. Ferguson "separate but equal" law constitutional. The ruling,built on notions of white supremacy and black infrerioty provides legal justification for Jim Crow laws in southern states. -
The Wilmington Riot
Republicans and Populist ran Wilmington City's government and Democrats resorted to violence in order to run them out of power ending with over thirty victims. -
Pheonix Riot
The Phoenix Riot in 1898, whites went on a rampage after shots were fired and the Republican candidate was wounded, proceeding to kill an unknown number of black people. -
Cumming V. Richmond
The Supreme Court allows a state to levy taxes on black and white citizens alike while providing a public school for white children only. -
Atlanta Mob
Atlanta white mob attack, which led to the false accusations of Richardson (a black man) -
Berea College Vs Kentucky
Berea College V Kentucky was a very significant case argued before the U.S Supreme Court that upheld the rights of states to prohibit private educational institutions chartered as corporations from admitting both lack and white students. -
U.N.I.A founded
Marcus Garvey found the U.N.I.A, The Universal Negro Improvement Association, its the largest mass movement in African American history. -
Marcus Garvey International convention at Madison Square Garden
U.N.I.A claimed 4 million members and had its first international convention. -
Gong Lum V. Rice
The Supreme Court finds the states possesses the right to define a Chinese student as non-white for the purpose of segregating public schools. -
University of Maryland vs Murray
The Maryland Supreme Court orders the state's white law school to enroll a black student because there is no state-supported law schools for Blacks in Maryland.
