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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: Rachel
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Plessy vs. Ferguson
Any facts that you find important: The man looked like a white man but the black genes were in his blood so he was tried as a black man. Who was Plessy? A 1/8 black man who bought a first class ticket for a train trip. He was arrested on the train in accusation of violating a law. What was his complaint? The segregation law violated the the equal protection clause of the 14th amendment. How did the Supreme Court rule? They ruled that he had violated the law because social rights were not protected by the equal protection clause. Was it unanimous? No, it was not unanimous. How did that ruling set up the conditions for Jim Crow laws to be enacted and enforced? The ruling allowed for social displacement of other races as long as their legal rights were not violated. Personal reactions of group members: The Supreme Court was grasping at straws to maintain the inequality setting white men as superior. Shown in that was a desire to keep inequality while allowing the black people to achieve legal equality.

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The Origin of "Jim Crow"
Timeline: In 1832 the tour of Danny Rice returned to New York with an African American song and dance routine. The restrictions began 1843 with 4 white men imitated African Americans for entertainment. These Jim Crow laws were named after the minstrel show character as part of this performance. In 1883 the Supreme Court declared the previous civil rights act unconstitutional allowing hotels, businesses, and other places to legally practice segregation. Then in 1914 every Southern state had passed laws to separate two societies. During the year 1915 the Supreme Court intervened and Jim Crow laws were challenged. Later in 1954 in the Brown vs. Board of Education case the Supreme Court ruled that school discrimination was unconstitutional. In 1960 the Civil Right Movement began and ended Jim Crow laws. Any facts that you find important: The Jim Crow laws started with acts making fun of African American culture. Personal reactions of group members: Its absolutely disgusting how people feel the need to insult other peoples culture. The song and dance performances were not to show how glorious the alternate practices were but rather to make fun of how uncivilized the people were.

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Examples of Jim Crow Laws
Any facts that you find important: The black and white spheres were kept entirely apart at all times. Personal reactions of group members: Rachel looked into theaters, seeing that the people had no choice in their seating that was divided based on race. Anne saw the article regarding the blind that mandated the colored blind be kept separate from the white blind people. Isabella investigated housing, where to house a white person in the same place as a black person is a misdemeanor guilty of fine and imprisonment.

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Jim Crow Profile
Name: Hosea Willams Date of birth: 1926 Place of origin: Attapulgus, Georgia Major cause this person fought for: The right of black people to vote in the state. Major accomplishments: A highly televised march from Selma to Montgomery. Any additional facts that you find important: Even though he was a war veteran for America he was treated with absolute scorn by disrespectful whites. Personal reactions of group members to this person: Ha was a great man who was treated so terribly for trying to save his country, including those cruel white men.

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Jim Crow Narratives
Name: Olivia Cherry Date of birth: N/A Place of origin: Hampton, Virginia Major cause this person fought for: She demanded the respect from people by having them call her by her own name. Major accomplishments: She earned the respect of people and won what she needed. Any additional facts that you find important: The way that black people were treated, with disrespect, was something that warranted a fight. Personal reactions of group members to this person: The farm owners show a true disrespect for simple humanities that really ought to be followed.

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The Tulsa Race Riot of 1921
When did this event occur? May 31, 1921 What was the incident that started the riot? A black man named Dick Roland was accused of rape having only been in the same elevator as a white woman and arrested. What happened to those responsible for starting the riot (if anything)? The governor had the national guard set fire to the houses and stores of colored people and the blacks were disarmed and relocated. Any additional facts that you find important: It was all based on faulty and misjudged accusation of sexual assault based purely on a scream. Personal reactions of group members to this person: It took years to rebuild what was destroyed just because people made false and judgmental assumptions.

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Site Seven Title
Cut and paste Picture your group has chosen. Picture #12

Answer the questions from the [|Visual Literacy Guide] 1. A shed with trees and brush around it reads "Colored Dining Room in rear" 2. This is at a Greyhound bus passengers with separate accommodations for colored passengers. The picture is representative of the disrespect for colored people during 1943 between Louisville, Kentucky to Nashville, Tennessee taken by Ester Bubley. The focus of the image is the shack with a sign insulting to the colored riders. 3. A segregation is demonstrated by the separate dining room for colored people at a bus rest stop. 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.