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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: Both
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Site One Title
Any facts that you find important: 1) Louisiane Law passed in 1890- separation of race in railways unless a nurse needs to assist the opposite race. Who was Plessy? He is a man the was both black and white who was arrested for buying a first class tickect and sat in the "white" spot in the train. He filed a case to the Lousiane Supreme Court against the segregation law because it violeted the 14th amendment.  What was his complaint? The segregation law violated the 14th amendment.  How did the Supreme Court rule? It only extended to political and civil rights, but not social rights.  Was it unanimous? It was not unanimous, as the court used Plessy's name and knew who he was and what he had filed.  How did that ruling set up the conditions for Jim Crow laws to be enacted and enforced? It provided a major catatlyst for Civil Rights movement.  Personal reactions of group members: Plessy was very courageous becuase he stood up to the actual inequality that was going on. He helped others realize that they also had rights, and that something could be done to stop segregation.

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Site Two Title
Timeline: 1) 1843- four white man dressed and sang as African Americans and gained success. 2) 1883- US Supreme Court declare the Civil Rights Act of 1875 unconstitutional 3) 1914- every suthern state had two separate societies 4) 1915- the Supreme Court intervine and challenged Jim Crow Laws. 5) 1954- Supreme Court delcare that segregation of public schools were unsconstitutional. 6) 1960s- Civil Rights Movement ended Jim Crow Laws Any facts that you find important: 1) After the Civil War former slaves left the rural areas to live in towns and cities. 2) During reconstruction whites and blacks rode in the same railway cars and there was more equality among both races. 3) The mingeling of blacks and whites threten the white people that made them pass Jim Crow laws to restrict the freedom of African Americans.

Personal reactions of group members: It was suprising to why Jim Crow Laws started, it makes you think of what competition can do in society.

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Site Three Title
Any facts that you find important: 1) From Deleware to California and North Dekota to Texas could impose legal punishment for people interacting with another race. Laws forbade intermarrige and told business owners to keep races separated. Laws:  1) Buses: Separate second window for black and whites 2) Intermarriage: NO marriage with a negro, Mongolian, Malay, or Hindu shall be null and avoid 3) Education: Separate schools 4) Restaurants: They cannot serve both blacks and whites, it has to be either for white or black.

Personal reactions of group members: The country is really segregated and the tension among people will lead to a later rebellion or revolution in society. The government really keeps the people segregated with detailed laws on everything.

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Site Four Title
Name: W.E.B. Du Bois Date of birth: 1868 Place of origin: Massachusetts Major cause this person fought for: He was a historian that created the first case study for the black community. He challenged dominant ideologies of the time and practice to Booker T. Washington.

Major accomplishments: 1) Wrote a book, //Souls of Black Folk// 2) Founded the Niagara Movement that avocated for several rights for blacks 3) Editor for the magazine //The Crisis// ( NAACP) organization, believed to be the voice of the black community 4) Spoke against segregated education and emphazied the necessity for a higher education for black americans. Any additional facts that you find important: 1) He was fired from the NAACP magazine editing because he wrote that black people would learn better from other black teachers. 2) Was procecuted for affiliation with the Communist Party Personal reactions of group members to this person: Du Bois at first became to be recognize as the speaker of the black community, but later his influence declined as he is fired from the editing magazine of the NAACP.

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Site Five Title
Name: James Nix Date of birth : During Civil Rights Movement Place of origin: Unknown Major cause this person fought for: 1) For equal rights for the black community, especially tried to get rights for the blacks in the "legal system" the laws against the African Americans. Major accomplishments: 1) He narrarated the story ofhis father and injustice that was done to him. He went to jail for killing a wite man that was threatening him and his boss agreed to help him, but later he didn't because he did something against a white. Any additional facts that you find important: He quoted, " As long your trouble was not against the system, your boss would get you out." Personal reactions of group members to this person: It is interesting that he got to voice his father's experience, as well as how limited even business owners were to help the black community.

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Site Six Title
When did this event occur? July, 19 1919 What was the incident that started the riot? A black suspect was charged for commiting sexual assult against a white women, and white male soldiers currently back from the WWI heard and wanted to get revange against the black man. What happened to those responsible for starting the riot (if anything)? The president Wilson send out troops to stop the violence and riots. Any additional facts that you find important: 1) At the beginning when the white mob went to the black parts of the city they fought, and whent he police arrived more blacks were arrested than whites. The racial opinions of the police were shown in this act. 2) The white cames to think as the blacks were a competition for them, as some blacks had govermental jobs. Personal reactions of group members to this person: The newspaper had a large impact on the segregation and riots of among both races. It is interesting to see how much influence the newspaper had on moving or influencing people to do things.

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



Answer the questions from the [|Visual Literacy Guide] 1) Only colred people are allowed in a certain place. A sign that indicated where colred people should go. 2) The picture was captured on Rome, Georgia in September 1943, by Esther Bubley. A sing posted in Greyhound bus station, that indicated where the colred waiting room was located. Is there different times were a colered person could get in the bus, and when they should wait until the bus "drops off" the white? 3) There was segregation everywhere and to enforce it there were signs that indicated who should be in a certain place.

Any additional facts that you find important: 1) How did taking a picture make an impact on society during this time period?

Personal reactions of group members to this person: It makes you appreciate how open and diverse the country and society is today.

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Any Additional Sites
Link other information you discover here.