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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: Quinn
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Site One Title
Any facts that you find important: Basically, it was an early challenge to the idea of "seperate but equal". It was between Plessy and the Lousiana judge Ferguson. Happened when he was arrested for sitting in a whites only car, because he was partially black. He then lost his court case but appealed it to the Supreme Court. Who was Plessy? Plessy was a man who was seven-eighths white, and had the appearance of a white man. However, he was arrested for sitting in a white's only railway car because he was one-eighths black. What was his complaint? His complaint was that it was unconstitutional to sit in two seperate cars, with the white car being better then the black car How did the Supreme Court rule? While the fourteenth amendment created the idea of "seperate but equal" for political and civil rights. It had no power with social rights. Was it unanimous? No. It was eight to one How did that ruling set up the conditions for Jim Crow laws to be enacted and enforced? It allowed racial segregation in public places to be enacted. This, as an effect, created a sort of racial caste society in the U.S.. Personal reactions of group members: We found it to be wrong that trains were segregated especially because he paid just as much as a fully white person to sit in that seat. Also, if he had the appearance of a white person and was only one-eight black than why did that one-eight matter?

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Site Two Title
Timeline: Any facts that you find important: Personal reactions of group members: We were supprised how long the Jim Crow laws were in place and also at how the name was created.
 * JIm Crow laws were started in the mid-eighteen hundreds
 * in 1883, the U.S. Supreme Court declared that segregation was unconstituional publicly, but privately it was fine. This led to segregation of hotels, trains, etc.
 * by 1914, every southern state was segregated
 * starting in 1915, segregation begins to get challenged by the Supreme Court
 * 1954, the Brown vs. Board of Education deemed that segregated schools were unconstitutional. This started the civil rights movement.

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Any facts that you find important: Personal reactions of group members: With the housing we felt that if you pay the same amount as a white person for a house, then you should have an equal house to that white person. We also wondered what would happen to Latino's in this case. With the promotion of equality, we felt that it was ridiculous that the first amendment be discouraged in this way. The bill of rights are praised by Americans and should not be interfered with in any way. Lastly, we found the textbook law unusual because no one would know whether a black or a white kid had used the textbook before them.
 * Housing: This law is aimed at keeping housing in Louisiana completely segregated by fining and/or imprisoning anyone who violates this law. I have mixed reactions on this, because on one end of the spectrum, you dont want to have neighbors that dont like you. However, on the other end of the spectrum, segregated housing was most likely not equal
 * Promotion of Equality: This law in Mississipppi states that you cannot support equality or oppose the segregation of the state. This directly violates the first amendment. There is a quote that says that controlling what people say is the start to a very corrupt government. My reaction to this was negative because it reminds me of how oppressive dictatorships censor what their citizens say. But freedom and freedom of speech are very American values which is why it surprised me that not everyone had it.
 * Textbook Law: This law in North Carolinastates that textbooks that are used by black people can never be used by white people. I thought it was silly because it shouldnt matter who had the book last because it doesn't effect the book. This really makes a completely segregated society with segregation occuring with the smallest things like textbooks

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Site Four Title
Name: Isaiah Montgomery Date of birth: 1847 Place of origin: born as a slave on the plantation of Joseph Davis Major cause this person fought for: He fought for a seperate community for blacks. He did this with the creation of the Mound Bayou colony Major accomplishments: Any additional facts that you find important: Mound Bayou was actually inspired by his father who had tried to start his own all-black plantation but had failed. Mound Bayou ended during World War I due to the bad economy and its bad investments Personal reactions of group members to this person: This was a very interesting story because he really helped make newly freed black people independent. However, we wondered why he didnt make more attempts to mix white and black people instead of supporting segregated societies.
 * founder and leader of his own colony, Mound Bayou which had 30,000 acres and was profitable for a time
 * in 1890, he was the only elected black representative in the Mississippi Constitutional Convention, got to speak on behalf of the blacks in Mississippi
 * Mound Bayou was praised by Booker T. Washington and President Roosevelt
 * Mound Bayou allowed blacks to escape racial prejudice and violence, and become economically independent

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Site Five Title
Name: Maurice Lucas Date of birth: Febuary 18, 1952 Place of origin: born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Major cause this person fought for: He exposed the injustices in the voting system that prevented the blacks from getting their votes to count Major accomplishments: Any additional facts that you find important: talks about Mound Bayou, poisoned them so that they were sick on voting day, said that black votes were counted Personal reactions of group members to this person: We were very surprised that such measures were taken in order to prevent African Americans from voting or getting their voice heard. It is great to see that nowadays we have come so far from these injustices.
 * NBA basketball player for 14 years
 * spoke out about how the whites were doing everything they could to prevent the blacks from voting, and if they did vote, to make sure there votes didnt count.

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Site Six Title
When did this event occur? July 2, 1917 in East St. Louis, Missouri What was the incident that started the riot? African Americans had been hired to replace white workers which created racial tensions in the city. On May 28, the whites formed mobs and started to beat the blacks. The National Guard came in and put a stop to it, but when they left, the racial tensions occured again leading to the tragedy on July 2nd when African Americans were basically massacred by white mobs while recieving no help from the police or National Guard. What happened to those responsible for starting the riot (if anything)? Not much happened during the riots as police and the National Guard were found to have not acted adequately. However, there were not very harsh punishments for these terrible crimes as only a few police officers were indicted. Any additional facts that you find important: Sparked outrage from many African Americans including Marcus Garvey and W.E.B. Dubois. Caused protests in New York City and a Federal Investigation into the event. Personal reactions of group members to this person: We were very surprised because they basically just turned their anger on the African Americans of the city. Also, the fact that niether the National Guard or the police tried to intervene is just horrible.

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

Answer the questions from the [|Visual Literacy Guide] 1. a. I immediately see the signs which provide an example of the segregation of the location, in this picture the waiting room is segregated. b. I see a train, a black person, and most importantly a few signs. One sign says colored waiting room, another says no parking, and lastly one reveals Hitler's love life. 2. **Narrative** **Caption: Segregated Stations.** This picture was taken by Jack Delano in at a bus station in Durham, North Carolina during May 1940. He took this picture to show the segregation that was occuring in the southern states, in this case North Carolina. He did this by taking a picture that shows the colored waiting room sign with a black person standing underneath the sign. 3. a. Actual caption is at the bus station. c. When shown to fellow colleagues many did not agree with segregated waiting rooms. Many also found the pictures as a good way of expressing the flaws with society at the time. Any additional facts that you find important: Personal reactions of group members to this person: We found this very compelling because this is a primary source which really puts you into the time period by letting you see it visually. As they say, a picture means a thousand words, and for this reason, the picture really told us a lot.

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Any Additional Sites
Link other information you discover here.