Plessy v. Fergurson
It was a criminal offense for an African-american to ride on the same train with a white man
Officially facilities were supposed to be separate but equal, but were rarely equal.
What does juxtaposition mean?
June 1896 Plessy v. Ferguson.
Albion Tourgee worked to expose the KKK and campaigned for improves conditions for freedmen
John Ferguson was a carpetbagger married the NO attorney.
Reconstruction had two goals; one to repair all the the damages caused from the civil war and the other to reform southern societies.
1866 Civil Rights Act was passed making African Americans full US citizens.
Civil War amendments removed race and color as barriers to the vote form male citizens.
There were claims that whites used violent intimidation to control black votes.
1865 Amendment 8, was to make slavery illegal.
The Mismeasure of Man
Socrates advocates a myth to Athens in order to maintain an orderly society.
People are born into a class in order to fit in what work they are able to do.
Uses the Triangle Gold, Silver and Bronze to relate it to the people.
Scientists measured humans skull to measure intelligence, the bigger the skull the bigger the brain which means they are smarter.
Then measured using the IQ test .
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