Immigration
After 1880, most immigrant came from southern and Eastern Europe: Italy, Spain, Hungary, Poland, Austria, Russian Slavic countries. More African Americans also immigrated to West Virginia after the civil war.
Plessy v. Ferguson.
The case involved homer Plessy who took a seat in the "white only" section of a railroad car in Louisiana. Plessy, who was only 7/8 white, refused to give up this seat and was consequently arrested. Plessy staged the incident to test the constitutionally of a 1890 law.
Booker t. Washington (One of the important part of the black history of West Virginia) he emphasized vocation education. Cultivated good work habits, morals, and cooperation. Supported cooperation among races in a segregated society , believed civil rights and social equality were less important that educational and economic advancement.
Chatterpix:
http://youtu.be/OJe6vX1zlTA
After 1880, most immigrant came from southern and Eastern Europe: Italy, Spain, Hungary, Poland, Austria, Russian Slavic countries. More African Americans also immigrated to West Virginia after the civil war.
Plessy v. Ferguson.
The case involved homer Plessy who took a seat in the "white only" section of a railroad car in Louisiana. Plessy, who was only 7/8 white, refused to give up this seat and was consequently arrested. Plessy staged the incident to test the constitutionally of a 1890 law.
Booker t. Washington (One of the important part of the black history of West Virginia) he emphasized vocation education. Cultivated good work habits, morals, and cooperation. Supported cooperation among races in a segregated society , believed civil rights and social equality were less important that educational and economic advancement.
Chatterpix:
http://youtu.be/OJe6vX1zlTA