This document discusses the color line in America and its historical development. It covers the establishment of Jim Crow laws and the New South, which led to the complete disenfranchisement of African Americans. It also addresses the urban color line around jobs, housing, and transportation, as well as the black response to discrimination.

1. THE COLOR LINE
Nicholas Petropoulos
6 January 2014
Africana Studies 200

2. WHAT IS THE COLOR LINE

3. THE PATH TO
DISENFRANCHISEMENT
 Jim Crowe Laws
 The New South
 Complete Disenfranchisement
 Black Response

4. CONFRONTING THE URBAN
COLOR LINE
 Jobs
 Housing
 Transportation