Plessy v. Ferguson
The year of Plessy vs. Ferguson
1896
Paying a fee to vote
poll tax
born into slavery in Virginia in 1856
Booker T. Washington
buffalo soldiers got their name
Native Americans view of African Americans skin color, hair, and actions in battle
Madame CJ Walker
According to the dissenting Judge in Plessy vs. Ferguson, this is color blind
the U.S. constitution
Showing the ability to read and write to vote
literacy tests
African Americans cannot wait for equality, action is needed now!
W.E.B. Dubois
people forced off land by buffalo soldiers
native americans
first to the North Pole in 1909
Mathew Henson
state where Plessy challenged the separate rail cars law
Louisiana
Grandfather clause
African Americans should learn a trade and equality would come after proving value to society
Booker T. Washington
buffalo soldiers fought in these places besides the west
Philippines, Cuba, Guam, Europe
George Washington Carver
Judge that had the dissenting opinion of Plessy vs. Ferguson
Judge John Marshall Harlan
Jim Crow origin
1820s song and dance
famous speech by Washington promoting vocational training and farming skills
Atlanta Compromis
The Brownsville Affair location
Texas
worked with Thomas Edison and Alexander Graham Bell
Lewis Latimer
The outcome of Plessy vs. Ferguson
The Supreme Court ruled "separate but equal" was constitutional
court cases that opened the door for Southern states to pass Jim Crow Laws
The slaughterhouse cases
organized by Dubois and other activists demanding full civil rights
Niagara Movement
year racial segregation ends in U.S. military
1948
The "real" McCoy, invented parts for locomotives
Elijah McCoy