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Born into slavery before emancipation. She moved to become a teacher in Memphis. Then she moved on to be an editor of a paper. Early leader of the civil rights movement. Founded the National Association of the Advancemnt of Colored People.

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1896

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Blacks were asked more difficult questions than white when trying to vote.

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doctrine of "separate but equal" which allowed states to maintain segregated facilities for black and white people as long as they provided equal service

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This was put into effect in schools, hospitals, parks and transportation systems throughout the south.

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Even if a man failed literacy test or couldn't afford poll tax he could still vote of his grandfather/father is eligible to vote

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separation of races in public accommodations was legal and did not violate the 14th Amendment

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Segregation laws to separate white and black people in public and private facilities-these laws became known as the Jim Crow laws

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a tax that had to be paid before voting. Black and white sharecroppers were usually too poor to pay it.

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legal case that reached the U.S. Supreme Court that tested the constitutionality of segregation

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African Americans Fight Legal Discrimination 

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African Americans Fight Legal Discrimination 

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During Reconstruction African Americans kept fighting for equality even though their were laws against their rights and often they were out in violent and hostile situations. In the beginning African Americans could vote and sometimes hold offices but later on the Southern states started to weaken African American power.

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During the 1870s and 1880s the Supreme Court failed to overturn the poll tax or the grandfather clause. Even though the laws undetermined all federal protections for African Americans civil rights

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http://study.com/academy/lesson/plessy-v-ferguson-impact-summary-quiz.html