AFRICAN AMERICAN LIFE IN THE EARLY 1900'S

RESTRICTIONS MADE ON AFRICAN AMERICANS

• South passed laws that limited African American political participation.
• They were prohibited from serving on a jury and the government made it very hard for them to vote.
• African Americans couldn't attend the same schools as white people.

PLESSY V. FERGUSON DECISION

• Supreme Court ruled that segregation was allowed.
• The only condition was that the segregated areas were "separate but equal."
• But it was never equal, African Americans always got the dirtier, smaller areas.
• Southern states made a system of de fure: which means segregation enforced by the state and laws

DE FACTO SEGREGATION

• It refers to racial segregation enforced by customs and expectations rather than by law.
• This was common in all parts of America.

SEGREGATION AND DISCRIMINATION

• Many neighborhoods didn't allow African Americans to purchase houses.
• Real estate agents tried their hardest to maintain racial segregation in communities.
• There was also discrimination in the workplace.
• African Americans rarely got promotions and they banned altogether from some jobs.
• The American Dream excluded African Americans.

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