Words to know:
Segregation: the action or state of setting someone or something apart from other people or things or being set apart.
De facto segregation: Racial segregation, that happens “by fact” rather than by legal requirement. For example, often the concentration of African-Americans in certain neighborhoods produces neighborhood schools that are predominantly black, or segregated in fact, although not by law.
De facto segregation: Racial segregation, that happens “by fact” rather than by legal requirement. For example, often the concentration of African-Americans in certain neighborhoods produces neighborhood schools that are predominantly black, or segregated in fact, although not by law.
How did segregation come about?
Well all because of this guy Homer Plessy. After Reconstruction, many southern states created laws that treated African Americans like second class citizens.
Either read this text or watch this video to determine the following:
1) What was Plessy's situation? 2) What was the result of his actions? 3) Final decision of the court case? 4) Predict what this leads to in the future |