HIST-0034 Lecture 3: Lecture 3.docx
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The criminal just us system: blacks did not sit on juries, received longer and harsher sentences than whites, whites were rarely found guilty of crimes against blacks (led to proliferation of abuse, convict lease system, control of black labor under redemption, also prevented blacks from voting, treated worse than during slavery, segregation innovation begins in 19th century. Jim crow institutionalized: institutionalized racism, segregation, the loss of voting rights, poll taxes, literacy tests, ms, sc, innovators, grandfather clause, understanding clause, segregation in public accommodations, something bad happens, majority rule in supreme court, even though you pay for first class, you can"t be in that section, even though 1/8 black, depends on if you can pass or not, plessy vs. ferguson, 1896, separate but equal constitutional, is this possible, racial etiquette, black men would tip their hat, not make eye contact, way of ensuring white dominance over blacks.
