Segregation and Violence
A white supremacist hate group that illegally terrorized and intimidated, primarily African Americans through lynchings, voter suppression, and violence.
What is the KKK?
Ida B. Wells protested and resisted using this.
What is writing/journalism?
The "Separate but Equal" decision.
What is Plessy vs. Ferguson?
This tactic was used to terrorize the Black community, and often targeted African American activists and legislators.
What is lynching?
This woman, who provided financial services to the Black community, was also the first woman to charter a bank.
Who is Maggie Walker?
This case targeted Oklahoma's "grandfather clause," which often stopped freedsmen from voting.
What is Guinn vs. United States?
To limit the voting rights of freedmen, lawmakers in the South passed these, which were based on if your ancestors had voted.
What are Grandfather Clauses?
Included Ezell Blair Jr., Joseph McNeil, David Richmond, and Franklin McCain.
Who are the "Greensboro Four?"
This group won key legal cases for the Black community, including Brown vs. Board of Education and Guinn vs. United States.
What is the NAACP?
The amount of people lynched in Springfield Race Riot.
What is 2?
Mary Turner was lynched after publicly denouncing the lynching of her husband days before, and a sculpture was created to commemorate her by this artist.
Who is Meta Fuller?
This case extended the barrier of segregation to Chinese Americans, reinforcing Plessy vs. Ferguson and putting them in the same situation as African Americans.
What is Gong Lum v. Rice?
A woman who led a strong anti-lynching campaign after her friends were lynched.
Who is Ida B. Wells?
A journalist who co-founded the Niagara Movement with W.E.B. Dubois.
Who is William Monroe Trotter?
These two cases were early examples of resistance to segregation in education.
What are Sweatt v. Painter and Missouri ex rel. Gaines v. Canada?