Political Evidence #1
The newly admitted States were willing to abolish slavery but not willing to make blacks equal.
State after state in the former confederacy passed the so-called Black-Codes, laws that tried to limit the freedom of former slaves
Political evidence #2
Amendments like The 15th Amendment ensured that a citizen's race, color, or history could not be used to keep that individual from voting, so life could be FAIR to all people. These amendments did not mean much because,
-The Supreme Court ruled that the Civil Rights Act of 1785, which outlawed discrimination, was unconstitutional because it violated the right of businesses, institutions, and civic organizations to choose customers, employees, and/or members.
Political evidence #3
The Legal Basis for Segregation included this information
- Amendments like The 15th Amendment ensured that a citizen's race, color, or history could not be used to keep that individual from voting, so life could be FAIR to all people. These amendments did not mean much because,
-The Supreme Court ruled that the Civil Rights Act of 1785, which outlawed discrimination, was unconstitutional because it violated the right of businesses, institutions, and civic organizations to choose customers, employees, and/or members.
Economic evidence #3
This chart is very racist and discriminates many people because they are a minority in an economical way. This chart shows that businesses are unfair in the people they select for jobs because they rarely accept minorities. People are not getting jobs because of their race, religion, and origin, which are things no one can control.
Society evidence #1
The Dispute in Plessy v. Ferguson
Homer Plessy was a citizen of the United States and a resident of the state of Louisiana. On June 7, 1802, he purchased a first-class ticket on the East Louisiana Railway from New Orleans to Covington, Louisiana.
He entered a passenger car and took an empty seat in a car for the "colored race."
When Plessy refused to move, he was arrested, brought to trial, and found guiltyof violating a state law requiring segregation on trains.
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