Following the Reconstruction period, a majority of American local government and states used Jim Crow laws to segregate the whites and the blacks. These segregation laws were ways to keep the African American population marginalized and an attempt for white supremacy to endure. “Jim Crow was not just a system of laws, excluding black people from public accommodations; it was a code of conduct that relegated African Americans to second class citizens.” (Gates) Although some African Americans were able to find success living in a “separate, but equal” society, Southern White dominance encourage African Americans to Relocate.
Challenging the segregation laws, a fairer skin African American was used to represent the African Americans and in many of those legal cases, the African American was indistinguishable from a white person. In Plessy v. Ferguson, Plessy was one eight black. He was arrested for attempting to ride on the coach designated for the white people. In 1896, The Supreme Court upheld Louisiana statute, claiming that separating the races did not imply inferiority and his rights were not denied. The Plessy ruling encouraged southern states and …show more content…
Steel Co. 1st Mortgage Bonds.” He then goes on to say, “I give this without reservation except that I require that suitable provision be made from the gift for the wants of Boker [sic] Washington and his family...I wish that great and good man to be entirely free from pecuniary cares that he may be free to devote himself to his great mission. (Lerman)
Booker T. Washington’s approached uplifted many African Americans to middle class.
Another success during the Jim Crow period was the town of Mound Bayou. Isaiah Montgomery, already a successful business man, envision a utopia of black people. One of its residents
Challenging the segregation laws, a fairer skin African American was used to represent the African Americans and in many of those legal cases, the African American was indistinguishable from a white person. In Plessy v. Ferguson, Plessy was one eight black. He was arrested for attempting to ride on the coach designated for the white people. In 1896, The Supreme Court upheld Louisiana statute, claiming that separating the races did not imply inferiority and his rights were not denied. The Plessy ruling encouraged southern states and …show more content…
Steel Co. 1st Mortgage Bonds.” He then goes on to say, “I give this without reservation except that I require that suitable provision be made from the gift for the wants of Boker [sic] Washington and his family...I wish that great and good man to be entirely free from pecuniary cares that he may be free to devote himself to his great mission. (Lerman)
Booker T. Washington’s approached uplifted many African Americans to middle class.
Another success during the Jim Crow period was the town of Mound Bayou. Isaiah Montgomery, already a successful business man, envision a utopia of black people. One of its residents