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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: Gus
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Site One Title: Plessy vs Ferguson
Any facts that you find important: A law about seperate railroad cars for whites and blacks Who was Plessy? .He was a 1/8th black man, who appeared to be white. Bought a first class ticket from New Orleans to Covington Lousisiana. What was his complaint? That the segreagation law violated the Equal Protection Clause of the 14th amendment, and that says that you must give equal protection under the law. How did the Supreme Court rule? They ruled againist Plessy because they said that the 14th amendment did not extend to social rights, like sitting in a railroad car Was it unanimous? No, Justice John Marshall Harlan said that the consitution was blind to race therefore they should rule for Plessy. How did that ruling set up the conditions for Jim Crow laws to be enacted and enforced? That it made it okay for there to be seperate but equal facilites and that anything social people could get away with. Personal reactions of group members: That this was wrong because we know that even though they were seperate things were never equal. And it's wrong to just say that anything social is wrong because you think that one race is more inferior than another.

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Site Two Title: Origin of Jim Crow laws
Timeline: Began in 1843 in Virginia when 4 men dressed up and danced to make fun of how the Afrian Americans danced, began to pass Jim Crow laws in 1800s- laws that segregated whites and blacks in the southern states, 1883 Court ruled that 14th amendment kept states from discriminating aganist blacks, but not private groups or individuals, 1954 Supreme Court ruled that segregated schools were unconsitutiuonal, 1960s, Civil Rights Movement began Any facts that you find important: Singers were inspiried by blacks, laws created white and black socities inside of cities Personal reactions of group members: They were racist and it was sad how long it took us to realize how awful we were treating other people.

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Site Three Title: Jim Crow Laws
Any facts that you find important: Nurses weren't required to help black men in Alabama. A white and black man weren't allowed to play a game of pool together. There has to be two different facitlies to take care of blind blacks and blind white people. This law existed in Louisiana. Personal reactions of group members: The law where nurses didn't have to help black men, is really awful because it's just wrong to not help someone when you have the ability to, but you won't just because they are a different race then you. The law about a black and white man not being allowed to play a game of pool together is just silly, why does it matter the skin color when you're playing a game of pool, it seems so crazy that people actually followed these and created these. The law about the different facilites to take care of the blind is silly because both of the people are blind so either way both are blind so they can't see each other so why does it matter? It just seems so outrageous.

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Site Four Title: Jim Crow Profiles
Name: Madam CJ Walker Date of birth: Born 1867 Place of origin: Born on a cotton plantation in Louisiana Major cause this person fought for: She fought for more economic rights for black women. Major accomplishments: First black self made woman millionaire, created her own haircare product line Any additional facts that you find important: Orphaned at age 7, married at 14, divorcied at 20 and had a 2 year old child, she then remarried but they also got divorcied. Gave speeches at the NAACP fundraisers Personal reactions of group members to this person: Reading about her motivates me to go out and do something with my life, and like she said not sit around and wait for things to happen to me, but going out and creating things for me.

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Site Five Title: Jim Crow Narratives
Name: Olivia Cherry Date of birth: 1926 Place of origin: Hampton, VIrginia Major cause this person fought for: She fought for being called the right name because its a source of diginity and respect. Major accomplishments: She didn't allow any white people to call her the wrong name, and she would not respond to people if they didn't call her the wrong name, and her boss didn't call her the right name, so she was fired and wouldn't leave unless she got the rest of her pay, and she did get her pay. Any additional facts that you find important: She often got caled Suzy. Personal reactions of group members to this person: I think she does a good job of demonstrating respecting yourself and not letting anyone take advantage of you and disrespect you. assulted Return to Webquest

Site Six Title: Atlanta Race Riot of 1906
When did this event occur? September 22-24, 1906 What was the incident that started the riot? The newspaper had allegedly said that four white women were assulted by black men. But these accounts had no real evidence. There was tension between whites and blacks because the black elites had been gaining rights, and now were trying to move up socially. What happened to those responsible for starting the riot (if anything)? Nothing, the military was brought in to control them, but whites ended up with only 2 dead, while blacks had 25-40 deaths. Any additional facts that you find important: Altought 25-40 blacks had been killed, they only issued 10 death certificates. One of the white people who was killed was a woman and it was because she had a heart attack when the mob was outside her house. Personal reactions of group members to this person: The riot seems so unneccessary, and it didn't solve anything. The riot didn't solve anything because all it did was create more tension and made people paranoid and freak out because they thought another attack was coming. It made them try to out think the other people by stocking up on weapons, and then people assumed differently because they had weapons, so it created a huge problem on top of the problems already in Atlanta.

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

Answer the questions from the [|Visual Literacy Guide] Any additional facts that you find important: A colored man entering a theater through the colored enterance-Mississippi Personal reactions of group members to this person: We think that its silly and crazy that there had to be seperate enterances for people based on skin because were all people.

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Any Additional Sites
Link other information you discover here.