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In 1883 the Supreme Court says you can segregate.To do so a system needs to be established.This leads to the creation of Jim Crow cars.americainclass.org 24
Memphis Appeal-Avalanche, December 25, 1884A Darky Damsel Obtains a Verdict for Damages Against the Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad– What it Cost to put a Colored School Teacher in a Smoking Car –Verdict for $500Judge Pierce yesterday rendered his decision in the case of Idea B. Wells vs. the Chesapeake andOhio Railroad. The suit has attracted a good deal of attention. Judge Greer, appearign for theplaintiff and Mr. Holmes Cummins for the railroad. From the testimony it appeared that therailroad company had on sale a the time of the grievance of but one kind of passenger tickets,and that plaintiff purchased one good until used from Memphis to Woodstock, paying full price.She took a seat in the ladies’ coach, and when approached by the conductor after the train left thedepot and ordered her to go to the other coach, which was similar to that in which she wasseated, but which was occupied exclusively by white men and negroes, many of whom weresmoking. The plaintiff refused to go, and the conductor, seizing her by the arm, attempted toforce her into the other coach. She continued to resist, and was finally put off the train. JudgePierce rendered the following decision.Opinion of the CourtOn the facts of this case the Court is of the opinion that plaintiff was wrongfully ejected from thedefendant’s car, because she was thereby refused the first-class accomodation to which she wasentitled under the law….americainclass.org 25
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Page 3 and 4: The Emergence of Jim CrowLIBRARY OF
Page 5 and 6: From the Forum‣ When did Jim Crow
Page 7 and 8: Essential UnderstandingTo understan
Page 9 and 10: OverviewWhere were African American
Page 11 and 12: OverviewJim Crow is a political, ec
Page 13 and 14: North Carolina Black Code,An Act to
Page 15 and 16: Mississippi Black CodeVagrancy LawS
Page 17 and 18: Memphis Free SpeechFounded in 1888
Page 19 and 20: Address at Tremont Temple in the Bo
Page 21 and 22: Colorphobia in the Memphis Schools,
Page 23: 1883: Supreme Court Overturns 1875
Page 27 and 28: The “Jim Crow” Car,Richmond Pla
Page 29 and 30: Plessy v. Ferguson, 1897Plessy v. F
Page 31 and 32: Jim Crow Spreads‣ Labor/Economic
Page 33 and 34: North Carolina’s white supremacy
Page 35 and 36: African American ResistanceDid Afri
Page 37 and 38: Expansion of Jim Crowamericainclass
Page 39 and 40: “Chicago Whites Urge Race Segrega
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