Slavery and Racial Inequality
Abolished in 1865, yet black inferiority was still the normality in most places.
Segregation/Jim Crow Laws
They mandated racial segregation in all public facilities in Southern states, with, starting in 1890, a "separate but equal" status for African Americans. The separation led to conditions for African Americans that tended to be inferior to those provided for white Americans.
The Scottsboro Trials
Nine black men accused of **** in 1931. The case included an all-white jury, rushed trials, an attempted lynching and an angry mob. It is an example of an overall miscarriage of justice.
Blame
Poor whites in the South blamed the blacks for their miseries, even though that hatred was misplaced. And with endemic poverty, competition for scarce money was fierce.
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