Stratification of southern society post Civil War:
Informal “laws” put in place over what blacks could and could not do
Disputes over etiquette and contracts about Black jobs and other topics
Blacks frequently killed or hurt over small disputes such as tipping hats to white women and sitting in the
wrong seat
Gangs such as the Ku Klux Klan form to kill blacks
Black couples could not show affection to one another
The economy was terrible
Most colored men and women were refugees with no home
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- Fall '12
- Nordby
- Civil War, Great Depression, Wall Street Crash of 1929, Black jobs
