Jim Crow & Segregation
Laws created mainly in Southern states after Reconstruction that enforced segregation.
What are Jim Crow Laws?
The 1896 Supreme Court case that ruled “separate but equal” was constitutional.
What is Plessy v. Ferguson?
Known as “The Man Who Killed Jim Crow.”
Known as “The Man Who Killed Jim Crow.”
Founded in 1909 to fight for political, educational, and social equality.
What is the NAACP?
Treatment that is unfair based on race.
What is discrimination?
The separation of people based on race.
What is segregation?
The phrase that allowed segregation to continue for nearly 60 years.
What is “separate but equal”?
He was the lead lawyer in Brown v. Board of Education.
Who is Thurgood Marshall?
The 200-page document that gathered evidence against “separate but equal.”
What is the Margold Report?
Against the Constitution.
What is unconstitutional?
Jim Crow Laws limited Black Americans’ rights in these areas (name two).
What are voting, education, jobs, housing, or public places?
The 1954 Supreme Court case that declared segregated schools unconstitutional.
What is Brown v. Board of Education?
He later became the first Black Supreme Court Justice.
Who is Thurgood Marshall?
The first Black law school in the United States, founded in 1869.
What is Howard University School of Law?
Part of the 14th Amendment requiring equal treatment under the law.
What is the Equal Protection Clause?
Segregation prevented Black Americans from fully enjoying these as citizens.
What are their rights?
The amendment used in Brown to argue segregation was illegal.
What is the 14th Amendment?
She was denied entry to Sumner School, leading to Brown v. Board.
Who is Linda Brown?
The NAACP strategy focused on challenging segregation mainly through these types of cases.
What are education cases?
Making sure laws are followed.
What is enforcement?
Segregation limited access to this type of education.
What is quality education?
Brown v. Board officially overturned this earlier case in education.
What is Plessy v. Ferguson?
He trained future civil rights lawyers at Howard University.
Who is Charles Hamilton Houston?
This 1964 law banned discrimination in public places and strengthened enforcement of desegregation.
What is the Civil Rights Act of 1964?
The amendment that includes the Equal Protection Clause.
What is the 14th Amendment?