FALL 005 Week 04 Overview

19th century redeemers and social separation. - Define the Separation Period (1877-1896) that causes Reconstruction equality laws to be challenged and repealed.
Examine America's late 19th century social construction politics that culminate with the Plessy v. Ferguson decision.
Separate But Equal and the formalization of America's race caste system.- Examine the expansion of de jure and de facto segregation as a cultural norm in the early 20th century and the legal, extralegal and illegal practices that formed to enforce social and racial control of African-Americans. History.