The 14th violence. They were Association for the Amendment of the often prevented Advancement of Constitution (1866) from voting. Coloured People made people (NAACP) and the full US citizens. Congress of Racial Equality (CORE) campaigning for black people’s civil rights. During the Second World War millions of black people fought in the US armed forces and worked on the home front making war supplies. Yet, when the war ended, there was no real change in white attitudes towards black people. Segregation 1896 onwards All of Under segregation In 1896 The The outcome of the American. laws forced black Supreme in Plessy vs. Ferguson People/organisations 1896 – Plessy vs. In people to live in the case of Plessy case was that Truman Ferguson particular separate areas with V’s Ferguson had Hospital and so on “separate Committee on Southern separate, usually ruled that were but – Civil Rights 1947 Truman States in worse, facilities for individual states equal”. They rarely tried to enforce America everything from could impose were. Laws/trials Civil Rights education to segregation as long Jim Crow Laws healthcare. as the separate Plessy V schools. Ferguson laws became In 1947, President known as “Jim Crow” Truman told the Laws, after a white Committee on Civil singer who did Rights that it was racist impressions time to make sure of Jim Crow a black that Civil Rights man. were enforced – the Federal Because States Government could were allowed to overturn State laws make their own laws, if they were shown they could pass Jim to be against the Crow Laws despite Constitution. So it the fact that the should have been Constitution gave easy to overturn black people equal Jim Crow Laws. rights. It wasn’t, because the Federal government was forced to
The 14th Amendment of the Constitution (1866) made people full US citizens. violence. They were often prevented from voting. Association for the Advancement of Coloured People (NAACP) and the Congress of Racial Equality (CORE) campaigning for black people’s civil rights. During the Second World War millions of black people fought in the US armed forces and worked on the home front making war supplies. Yet, when the war ended, there was no real change in white attitudes towards black people. Segregation People/organisations Truman Committee on Civil Rights Laws/trials Jim Crow Laws Plessy V Ferguson 1896 onwards 1896 – Plessy vs. Ferguson 1947 – Truman tried to enforce Civil Rights All of American. In particular Southern States in America Under segregation laws forced black people to live in separate areas with separate, usually worse, facilities for everything from education to healthcare. laws became known as “Jim Crow” Laws, after a white singer who did racist impressions of Jim Crow a black man. Because States were allowed to make their own laws, they could pass Jim Crow Laws despite the fact that the Constitution gave black people equal rights. In 1896 The Supreme in the case of Plessy V’s Ferguson had ruled that individual states could impose segregation as long as the separate schools. In 1947, President Truman told the Committee on Civil Rights that it was time to make sure that Civil Rights were enforced – the Federal Government could overturn State laws if they were shown to be against the Constitution. So it should have been easy to overturn Jim Crow Laws. It wasn’t, because the Federal government was forced to The outcome of the Plessy vs. Ferguson case was that Hospital and so on were “separate but equal”. They rarely were.
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