Life+in+Jim+Crowe+America




 * To set the stage for the civil rights movement, you must first understand the environment of segregation in the United States in the first half of the 20th century. What was life like in Jim Crow America? Cut and paste this information into a new page in your Unit 8 Online Notebook. You (and your partner, if you have one) are African Americans who have lived through the era of Jim Crow in America. Using the links provided in this activity, respond to the “oral history questions” in first person . You can do this in Word by copying this document onto a new document, completing it using the resources below, and cutting and pasting it into a new page on your notebook. Make sure your responses are in first person! **


 * 1) Right after the Civil War, the 14th Amendment was ratified. What did the 14th Amendment provide for African Americans? What does “due process” and “equal protection of the laws” mean?  [|14th LINK] **
 * After the Civil War, the 14th Amendment was passed. It granted citizenship and protected the civil liberties of recently freed slave like me and my family. All states now have to grant all people due process and equal protection of the laws meaning that the laws should be enforced in the same way to all people. **


 * 2) Unfortunately, your equal rights were challenged by the Supreme Court in the case of Plessy v. Ferguson. What do you remember about the facts, decision, and impact of this case?  [|Plessy LINK] **

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**I remember when Homer Plussy was charged for sitting in a white railroad car. As black people, we are not allowed to do that. This was taken to the Supreme Court and the decision was made that to have seperate facilities for blacks and whites is constitutional as long as the facilities are equal**. ======


 * 3) The laws developed in the South became known as Jim Crow laws. Who was this Jim Crow fellow? Did he write the laws? [|Jim Crow LINK] **

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The name Jim Crow was not a person but a name in a song that was said to be sung by a stable boy. And no he did not right the laws because he is not a real person. ======

=‍**[|Jim Crow Laws LINK 1]  / [|Jim Crow Laws LINK 2] / [|Jim Crow Laws LINK 3] / ****[|Jim Crow Laws Link 4]**= > White motorists had the right-of-way at every intersection. It is hard decide which one I feel is the worst because they are all so wrong.
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 17px;">4) What are some specific examples of the Jim Crow laws from southern states? How did the laws affect you? Which on edo you feel is the worst? **
 * They would have seperate box cars on trains for blacks and whites.
 * Black and white children would have to go to seperate schools.
 * Blacks aren't allowed to show affection to each other in public like kissing.
 * Blacks would have to call whites by Mrs., Mr, Sir,Miss, or Ma'am and they would be called by ther first name.
 * A black male could never shake hands with a white male because it implied that they were socially equal.
 * If a black was being driven by a white person they would either have to sit in the backseat of a car, or in the back of the back of a truck.
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 17px;">5) What did Jim Crow America look like in the 1900s? What are some images that can help explain the realities of the time? <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #6e1a7e; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 17px;">[|Jim Crow Images LINK 1] <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 17px;">/ <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #001ee6; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 17px;">[|Jim Crow Images LINK 2] **
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #001ee6; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 17px;">As you can see from the pictures whites and blacks had separated eating areas,bubblers,waiting rooms, and theatres. **



Two black males were acused of raping two white woman. The 9 black boys that were in the trial were all sentanced to death but the youngest boy who was 12 years old. This trial was completly unfair seeing how the whole jury was white.
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 17px;">6) What happened in the Scottsboro Case? How did it make you feel as an African American in the South? <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #001ee6; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 17px;"> [|Scottsboro LINK] **

Because the Jim Crow Laws were not a good thing and should have not happene. People should care about it because this racial injustice should not be repeated. This mistake should not be made twice.
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 17px;">7) Why should anyone care about your lilfe during Jim Crow America? [|Why should I care? Link] **