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Virginia law made it illegal for whites and blacks to use the same schools.
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Congress made it illegal (Civil Rights) for discrimination in any public places.
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Republican Rutherford B. Hayes was elected after a deal was made with Southern Democrats, which withdrawal ed all solders, ending reconstruction.
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49 blacks were lynched.
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Court ruled that the Civil Rights Act of 1875 was unconstitutional. Only states couldn't discriminate, not citizens.
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Southern states adopted new constitution and voting laws against black voters.
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Ida B. Wells began writing articles and campaigning about lynching. In this year, about 161 blacks were lynched. Highest in a year.
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The National Negro conference met in NYC and founded the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. (NAACP)
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Woodrow Wilson institutionalized segregation in the federal civil service. By the end of WW1, the district of Columbia was segregated as well.
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Every southern state and many northern cities established had Jim Crow laws put in place.
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Marcus Garvey established the United Negro Improvement Association in Jamaica, which promoted black nationalism and pan - African ism. Later in the decade, Garvey moved his headquarters to NYC and the UNIA became a large grassroots movement.