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Segregation and Discrimination

286 CHAPTER8 Terms & NamesTerms & NamesMAIN IDEAMAIN IDEAOne American's StorySegregation andDiscriminationWHY IT MATTERS NOWWHY IT MATTERS NOWBorn into slavery shortly before emancipation, Ida B. Wellsmoved to Memphis in the early 1880s to work as a later became an editor of a local paper. Racial justice wasa persistent theme in Wells s reporting. The events of March 9, 1892 turned that theme into a crusade. ThreeAfrican-American businessmen, friends of Wells, werelynched illegally executed without trial. Wells saw lynch-ing for what it PERSONALVOICEIDA B. WELLS Thomas Moss, Calvin McDowell, and Lee Stewart had beenlynched in Memphis.

20th century. DISCRIMINATION IN THE NORTHMost African Americans lived in the segregated South, but by 1900, a number of blacks had moved to Northern cities. Many blacks migrated to Northern cities in search of better-paying jobs and social equality. But after their arrival, African Americans found that there was racial discrimination in the ...

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