After the abolition of slavery in 1865, Black Americans still faced widespread legal discrimination and racism in the Southern United States. The Jim Crow laws enforced racial segregation and denied Black people access to equal resources like schools, housing, and the right to vote through literacy tests. These unjust laws were not abolished until the civil rights movement of the 1950s and 1960s fought to end segregation and racial discrimination.

2.  After slavery was abolished 1865 black people still
experienced discrimination and racism in south of
the USA
 This discrimination was often legal
 The Jim Crow laws were gotten rid of after the civil
rights movement of the 1950s and 60s

3.  Literacy tests meant many Black people were
denied the vote.
 White people not affected by this
 Meant that Black people not represented in
political system

4.  White pupils and Black pupils attended different
schools
 Black schools worse

5. Summer High School for white Children in Kansas

9.  Black people not allowed to travel in same
carriages as white people
 also had separate waiting rooms
 Blacks had to give their seats to white people on
the bus

12.  Black people also segregated when eating out
White Coloured

16. Pool Hall in Memphis

19. Write down bullet points under the following
headings
 School
 Travel
 Leisure
 Housing
 Voting
Extension
What effects will the lack of a proper education and not being able
to vote have on Black people? Think about housing, standard of
living etc

20.  Jim Crow Laws allowed all of this
 Why did Black people not fight back?
 Homework – research the Ku Klux
Klan. What was the organisation and
what did they do?