The first steps toward official segregation came in the form of “Black Codes.” These were laws passed throughout the South starting around 1865, that dictated most aspects of Black peoples’ lives, including where they could work and live. The codes also ensured Black people’s availability ...
3.(Genetics)geneticsthe separation at meiosis of the two members of any pair of alleles into separate gametes. See alsoMendel's laws 4.(Metallurgy)metallurgythe process in which a component of an alloy or solid solution separates in small regions within the solid or on the solid's surface ...
in railway cars and buses, and to use separate public facilities; they were forbidden to sit with whites in most places of public amusement. These laws were upheld as regards railroad facilities by the case ofPlessy v. Ferguson(1896), in which the Supreme Court upheld the constitutionality of...
Gonzalo and Felicitas Mendez and their children moved to the small town of Westminster outside of Los Angeles in 1944. The Mendez family tried to enroll their kids at the local 17th Street School but were turned away. (Their in-laws, who were also of Mexican heritage but had lighter skin...
Economic violence deprives men and women of independence and determines their ability to avoid abuse at home or in the workplace. Economic violence includes laws that limit property rights and autonomy in matters of business and banking; it also encompasses discrimination in the labor force – uneq...
Ed. 256 (1896), the Supreme Court endorsed "separate-but-equal" laws, holding that they did not violate the Constitution. Beginning in the 1930s, the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) fought a series of court battles against various aspects of state-sponsored ...
In the 1930’s, in response to a housing shortage after the Great Depression, the federal government created the Federal Housing Administration (FHA) as part of the New Deal. The purpose of the FHA was to help Americans buy homes by helping out with home loans using funds from the federal...
3Ruinous Foundations of Progressive Segregation, 1920s–1950sThe development of the forces of production shattered the wish symbols of the previous century, even before the monuments representing them had collapsed. In the nineteenth century, this development worked to emancipate the forms of ...
(HBCUs) existed throughout the country and today 101 remain in operation. Some are still state operated, and others are privately run with funding from numerous sources such as private donors, states, and federal dollars. The Civil Rights laws of the 1960’s created an affirmative action ...
After reviewing the Government laws and policies that have been in placed and replaced in history and more currently to contribute and correct the issue. The most important question of all remains. Why does the Achievement Gap still exist? According to former Secretary of Education John King (201...