The Post US Civil War

1. 15 Amendment

1.1. prohibited states from denying men the right to vote based on race

2. Plessy vs Ferguson

2.1. separation of races, Homer Plessy sued on the laws unconstitutional because labeled someone in order to discriminate against them

3. Jim Crows Law

3.1. limited African Americans access to public accommodation and legal protection

4. Brown v Board of Education

4.1. US supreme court ruled unconstitutional separate schools for blacks and white

5. Slavery in the South

5.1. Share cropping system- land owners would provide housing to the share croppers

6. 14th Amendment

6.1. defines citizenship, equal protection, extends the Bill of Rights to all the states

7. Federal Housing Administration

7.1. race was a factor in real estate; blacks were seen as second class citizens and it was tough for them to have equal rights as whites

8. KKK

8.1. Terrorist organization targeting blacks and republicans from voting