Segregation

1
Segregation

• NO COLOREDS ALLOWED

2
Definition

• segregation  n.
• The rule or practice of separating people of
  different races, classes, or ethnic groups.
  Forcing them to have different schools, housing,
  and public facilities.
• A form of discrimination.
• Not allowing blacks to share restaurants,
  bathrooms, water fountains, or waiting rooms with
  whites. Not letting black children go to the same
  schools as white children.

3
Segregation in the United States

• The legal or social practice of separating people
  by their race or ethnicity. Segregation by law is
  also called de jure segregation. This happens
  when laws require racial separation. Or when the
  laws allow segregation. In the United States,
  state laws kept blacks and whites from using the
  same public facilities.

4
How would you feel?...

• If you couldnt go to the same places as other
  people.

5
(No Transcript)
6
(No Transcript)
7
(No Transcript)
8
Segregation as Law

• Segregation is decided in each state. During the
  1950s segregation was required in the Southern
  States, including Kentucky.

9
Segregation in 1950
10
Desegregation

• In 1954 the Supreme Court judgment of Brown v.
  Board of Education is given. This is the launch
  of Desegregation in the South. It is also the
  beginning of the Civil Rights Movement.