Segregation in the US: Difference between revisions
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[https://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/history-archaeology/segregation/ by Edward A. Hatfield 1/7/07 New Georgia ENCYCLOPEDIA] | [https://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/history-archaeology/segregation/ by Edward A. Hatfield 1/7/07 New Georgia ENCYCLOPEDIA] | ||
Beginning in the 1890s, Georgia and other southern states passed a wide variety of Jim Crow laws that mandated racial segregation or separation in public facilities and effectively codified the region’s tradition of white supremacy. | Beginning in the 1890s, Georgia and other southern states passed a wide variety of Jim Crow laws that mandated racial segregation or separation in public facilities and effectively codified the region’s tradition of white supremacy. | ||
=====The Moment When Four Students Sat Down to Take a Stand===== | |||
[https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smithsonian-institution/lessons-worth-learning-moment-greensboro-four-sat-down-lunch-counter-180974087/ by Christopher Wilson 16/12/21 Smithsonian] | |||
Christopher Wilson is Supervisory Curator and Chair of the Division of Home and Community Life at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History. He studies the Black Freedom Struggle and has created several major program series at the Smithsonian including the award-winning educational theater program History Alive!, the National Youth Summit, and the History Film Forum. | |||
