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! **


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 * 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] **


 * I was given the right to be a citizen in the Untied States because I was born in the US, not decided by skin. Due process is the equal share to the judiciary program and equal protection to laws is the protection of rights and equal treatment to laws. So I and others will all be treated the same. **


 * 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 LI] **


 * After a colored man did not respond to the white mans order to go to the colored car in Louisiana. He refused and went on to bring it to the Supreme courts.Whites and colored men were separated in public places. We did not win the case which made us lose our rights as equal citizens. **


 * 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] **


 * Was a highly stereotypical black character in a play. Was used to dance around and look silly. Played after Daddy Rice. He did not write the laws, He was just a character. But a well know pn character by many and was sort of a icon. **

=‍**[|Jim Crow Laws LINK 1]  / [|Jim Crow Laws LINK 2] / <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #001ee6; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 17px;">[|Jim Crow Laws LINK 3] / ****[|Jim Crow Laws Link 4]**=
 * <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? **


 * Lots of the laws affected me, I could not play cards with Lennie no more. Lennie could not marry his crush Helen. My son could not go to the white school. We could not go to the same public places. Because they did not want to mix races. It was like we were shut down from society. **** We could not eat, drink, fight, serve and sit with any whites. We were cut from the other world. They called it separate but equal. **


 * <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] **

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http://www.shmoop.com/jim-crow/photo-booker.html


 * <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] **


 * Was when 9 black young men were falsely charged with the rape of 2 white women. All were sent to death which sparked a media wildfire. And to people like the Communist Party to spark rage. It made me feel that my every move was being watched and that it could easily happen to me. **


 * <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] **

That even though this is the bad part of history. It is apart of our history nonetheless and it needs to be heard so no mistakes can be taken again. It also shows what kind of power the whites had during this time of racism. Andhave us an oppurtunity to fight for freedom.