tkam4-6

= 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: Laura
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Site One Title
Any facts that you find important: Plessy was 1/8 black and had the appearance of a white man. -Plessy was a plantiff in the Plessy v. Fergison case; -His complaint was the segrigation laws violated the equal protection of laws of the 14th amendment -The Supreme court ruled that the 14th amendment only extends to "political" and "civil" rights, not "social" rights. -It was not unanimous

-Constitutionalized segregation against blacks, making it easier for public facilities to discriminate. Personal reactions of group members: Saddened that there was still discrimination evident in society.

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Site Two Title
Timeline: 1843-four Virginia white men painted themselves black and called themselves the Virginia Menstrels. They performed African song and dance. late 1800's- Jim Crow Laws passed, they were named after lyrics from the Virginia Menstrels. 1883- US supreme court declared the civil rights acts of 1875 unconstitutional. 1914- every southern state had passed discriminatory laws. 1915- Supreme court began to challenge the Jim Crow laws. 1954- Brown v. Board of Education declared segrigation of public schools to be unconstitutional. Any facts that you find important: The Jim Crow laws were passed. The Jim Crow Laws title came from African song Lyrics. Personal reactions of group members: Happy that the Supreme court is seeing segrigation was unconstitutional.

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Site Three Title
Any facts that you find important: -White female nurses were to "mix" or tend to a black patient and vice versa -Busses had separate seats and ticket booths for whites and blacks. - All marriages between white and black people was prohibited. Personal reactions of group members: Laura (law one, Alabama): I would be frustrated that a white woman could not help a black woman (and vice versa) because if someone was in critical condition it wouldn't matter the race of the nurse helping them Wade (Law three, Florida):If i had to obey the marriage law I would move to Britain.

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Site Four Title
Name: Sidney Bechet Date of birth: May 18, 1897 Place of origin: French, Spanish, Caribbean culture. Born in Louisiana Major cause this person fought for: Not a civil rights activist, he was disgusted with racism and didn't live in the United States. Major accomplishments: Joined the Southern syncapated orcestra, 1932 formed his own bands called "The New Orleans Feet Warmers", Any additional facts that you find important: Played jazz on the clarinet. Personal reactions of group members to this person: We like Bechet, because he played jazz and disliked racism, he didn't like in a America because of it.

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Site Five Title
Name: George Kennith Butterfield Date of birth: unknown

Place of origin: unknow Major cause this person fought for: Equal rights in black healthcare Major accomplishments: none Any additional facts that you find important: His Uncle died in result of a car crash because it took over 8 hours for the white doctor to come; when he did come he only looked at Butterfield's uncle, but didn't help him. Personal reactions of group members to this person: Sadden by the fact that the black doctor didn't want to come out of fear of offending the white doctor, when the white doctor didn't do anything to help his uncle.

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Site Six Title
When: August 30-31 1919 What: a lynch mob stormed the county jail in search of Maurice Mayes, who had been accused of killing a white woman What: Police fired machine guns at the rioters, only two deaths were recorded but it is believed that there were more. Any additional facts that you find important: This riot was one of many that occured during the "Red Summer" Personal reactions of group members to this person: Moved that and entire riot would start in defense of a single person wrongly accused of a crime, but also sadden that the police fired at them.

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Site Seven Title
This picture is showing an entrance to a women's bathroom at a town plaza bus station. However it is for "white women only". The "coloured" bathroom is most likely behind the buildings or in an alleyway. This is because blacks were still seen as diseased Africans who were inferior to whites. It was taken around the 1940's during the establishment of The Jim Crow laws. There are white girls walking the street, and there seems to be no blacks around. One can assume they are not welcome there because (despite equal laws) the whites don't want them around. Any additional facts that you find important: N/A Personal reactions of group members to this person: Saddened that blacks couldn't even use the same bathroom as white women.

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Any Additional Sites
Link other information you discover here.