Plessy vs. Ferguson (US History)

"Sundown Towns"

"Sundown Towns"—places that banned blacks from entering city limits after dark. Some posted signs that read, "N...., Don't Let the Sun Set on You Here."

poll tax

A requirement that citizens pay a tax in order to register to vote

Ku Klux Klan (KKK)

A secret group whose goal was to restore white supremacy

literacy test

A test given to persons to prove they can read and write before being allowed to register to vote

The 13th Amendment

Abolition of slavery

Jim Crow laws

Laws designed to enforce segregation of blacks from whites

separate but equal

Principle upheld in Plessy vs. Ferguson (1896) in which the Supreme Court ruled that segregation of public facilities was legal.

The 14th Amendment

Rights of Citizenship

Plessy vs. Ferguson

a case that was brought to supreme court by black lawsuits to challenge the legality of segregation. The court ruled that segregation was legal as long as it was "equal"

The 15th Amendment

gave African American men the right to vote

Justice John Harlan

lone dissenter in Plessy v Ferguson who disagreed with the Court ruling which approved "Separate But Equal" accommodations in the United States of America.

Negro Motorist Green Book

popularly known as the Green Book, was a travel guide intended to help African American motorists avoid social obstacles prevalent during the period of racial segregation, commonly referred to as Jim Crow. The Green Book listed businesses that would accept African American customers.

Redeemers

white Democrats who used their political power to oppress the Black community