Terms and Names Chapter 7 Section 3
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Terms and Names Chapter 7 Section 3
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Racial Discrimination | discriminatory or abusive behavior towards members of another race |
| Jim Crow | Laws written to separate blacks and whites in public areas/meant African Americans had unequal opportunities in housing, work, education, and government |
| Segregation | separation of people based on racial, ethnic, or other differences |
| Plessy vs Ferguston | A court case that came out to be that the segregation of whites and blacks was legal as long as the facilities for blacks and whites were equal |
| Booker T. Washington | African American progressive who supported segregation and demanded that African American better themselves individually to achieve equality. |
| W. E. B. Du Bois | fought for African American rights. Helped to found Niagra Movement in 1905 to fight for and establish equal rights. This movement later led to the establishment of the NAACP |
| NAACP | National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, founded in 1909 to work for racial equality |
| Ida B. Wells | African american journalist who led the fight against lynching |
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