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= Research Log = toc The recorder for your group should fill out the following log as your group works to complete this assignment. Your research log will begin once you enter the first site. Make sure you keep a detailed log; otherwise your mission will not be complete. Although the Secretary for the group is responsible for filling this in, all group members are responsible for seeing to it that this log is as accurate as possible. This is a group grade, not an individual grade.


 * 1) Log in the title of each site you visit.
 * 2) Take note of any significant facts you find at each site.
 * 3) When questions are asked about a site, make sure they are all answered.
 * 4) __Supply examples to back up your answers.__
 * 5) Note any personal reponses your group has to the site.
 * 6) __Back up any personal responses your group has with evidence from the site.__

__Group Members__
Record who is doing each job for your group (use first names only).

Speaker: Mall Come
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Site One Title : Plessy vs. Ferguson
Any facts that you find important: Plessy was 7/8ths white, and 1/8 black Who was Plessy? Man who bought a first class ticket between New Orleans and Covington, and took a vacant set in a white only car. He was arressted. What was his complaint? Said that the segregation law violated the purpose of the 14th amendment. How did the Supreme Court rule? The court rejected Plessy's argument. Was it unanimous? No How did that ruling set up the conditions for Jim Crow laws to be enacted and enforced?The 14th amendment stated that the two races where equal, but it didn't say anything about seperation. Personal reactions of group members: There is a serious loophole in the 14th amendment.

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Site Two Title : Origin of Jim Crow
Timeline:1. Late 1800s, Jim Crow Laws were passed. 2.1883, U.S. supreme court declared the civil rights act of 1885 unconstitutional. 14 amendment kept the stae from discriminating against race, but did not prevent private individuals from doing it. 3. 1914, every southern state had passed laws to create 2 separate societies, black and white. 4. 1915, supreme court began to challenge Jim Crow laws. 5. 1954, supreme court case, Brown vs Education. 6. 1960s, beginning of the civil rights movement. A ny facts that you find important: That brown Brown vs public education challenged segregation. Personal reactions of group members: I like tacos

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Site Three Title: Examples of Jim Crow Laws
Any facts that you find important:Most common Jim Crow laws forbade Intermarriage laws, business owners, and publc institutions to keep whites and blacks. Personal reactions of group members:Collective hate for racism.

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Site Four Title: Benjamin "Pap" Singleton
Name Benjamin Singleton Date of birth: 1809 Place of origin: Canada Major cause this person fought for: migration of 10,000s of blacks out of the south, into kansas. Major accomplishments: Leader of The Great Exodus Any additional facts that you find important:Even though many thousands of blacks migrated to Kansas on their own, he took all the credit. Personal reactions of group members to this person:Full of himself, but still a boss.

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Site Five Title : George Kenneth Butterfield Jr.
Name: George Kenneth Butterfield Jr. Date of birth; Place of origin Major cause this person fought for Major accomplishments Any additional facts that you find important: Personal reactions of group members to this person:

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Site Six Title: DC Race Wars
When did this event occur? 1919 What was the incident that started the riot? Two things, when Africans returned from the first world war, to find that jobs were not available for them, which angered the black population. Also, when drunken navy men heard that an african had raped a wife of a white soldier. What happened to those responsible for starting the riot (if anything)? They were eventually met with retribution from the afircan society,. Any additional facts that you find important:The only reason the the violence stopped was because of the rain storm. Personal reactions of group members to this person:

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Site Seven Title
Cut and paste Picture your group has chosen.

Answer the questions from the [|Visual Literacy Guide]

1. We believe the photo shows segregation. We saw a restaurant, and on the window of that restaurant, there was a sign that said "We only cater to white trade." 2. Segregation 3. Ben Chahn stood on a corner in Lancaster, in front of a restaurant. He snapped a shot of the sign on the front of the restaurant on the window. The sign read, "We cater to white trade only". This sign is one of many on the block. It serves as a constant reminder of segregation at the time. 4. Any additional facts that you find important: Personal reactions of group members to this person:

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Any Additional Sites
Link other information you discover here.