Laws requiring the separation of the races in public places in the South

Supreme court case that upheld the separate but equal doctrine

Former slave ewho led an anti-lynching campaign

Movement of Southern blacks to Northern economic success for blacks

Former slave that argued for job training and economic success for blacks

Black man who demanded immediate political and social equality for blacks

the belief in the possibility of improving the qualities of the human population by discouraging reproduction by individuals presumed to have "undesirable" traits and encouraging reproduction by those who had desired inheritable traits.

The United States Supreme Court upheld a Virginia statute for the sterilization of people considered genetically unfit. Upholding Virginia's sterilization statute provided for similar laws in 30 states, under which an estimated 65,000 Americans were sterilized without their own consent or that of a family member.

the illegal killing of people by gangs of violent vigilantes. It intensified following post-Reconstruction to restrain African Americans from advancing in society and from becoming active and participating citizens.

Interracial organization founded in 1909 to abolish segregation and discrimination and to achieve political and civil rights for African Americans.