KNES 293 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Black Separatism, Ethnic Conflict, Conscientious Objector
14 Sep 2016
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A brief history of jim crow and civil rights. Jack johnson, joe louis and mohmammed ali (boxers) ! and hurt him more, instead of finishing it off. Terrel refused to go down, but presented no threat to him. Ali wanted everyone to know who he was. Goes along with the civil rights movement. After the civil war, southern states went through reconstruction as federal government actively guaranteed african-american rights. Reconstruction ended in 1877, african americans began ot be systemically excluded from many areas of american society: all social relations. In the south, segregation consisted of a series of laws and informal codes of conduct. African-americas who transgressed were subjected to judicial and extra-judicial violence. In other parts of the country, racial hierarchies were reinforced in much more subtle, but no less effective ways. Dubois and the naacp: fight for civil rights through legal challenges.
