Segregation in everyday life and famous activists

segregation in everyday life and famous activists

End of the civil war

End of slavery: 1865

Civil war: (1861-1865)

Definition

What is segregation ?

segregation means separating people because of differences such as skin color.

The origins of segreagation

jim crow law

segregation in the us

Black people can't do:

• Restriction on places such as cinema or clubs

• Prohibitions on mariage between different races.

• Separation in cemeteries with seperate sections for people of color

• separate access to public etablishement such as school, restaurant and public transport

segregation and desegregation in school

In 1896 the Supreme Court approved separate but equal schools (Plessy V. Ferguson). In the 1950s, Linda brown's father challenged the refusal of access to school because oh his daughter's skin color. On May 17 1954 the Court found segregation unconstitutional marking a step forward the civil right of Afro-Americains.

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segregation in cinema

Hattie McDaniel : Oscar and Segregation

Civil right act

Signed by President Lyndon B. Johnson it marks the end of segregation in the US in 1964, it prohibit discrimination based on race, color, religion, or national origin in public places and at Work.

AN activity on Emmett Till or Angela Davis

Segragtion in south Africa

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