Jim Crow Laws
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Created on May 5, 2022
A presentation about legally mandated segregation
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Transcript
Jim Crows Laws, Jim Crow and Minstrel Shows
How black folks were segregated in the United States
5. Conclusion
2. Minstrel Show
4. Lawsuits (and riots) against the laws
3. Jim Crow Laws
1. Jim Crow
Index
Jim Crow
Who was Jim Crow ?
This is Thomas D. Rice, acting as Jim Crow.Jim Crow was a pretty good representation of the assumptions made of black people back then.It was also kind of like comedic, as they were making jokes like "You're acting like Jim Crow !"
1. How black people were portraied in the 1900's
Minstrel Shows
What are they ?
What are "Minstrel Shows" ?
- A Minstrel was an entertainer, initially in medieval Europe
- Was a poular form of racist entertainment in the United States
- Consisting of: comic skits, variety acts, dancing, and music performances
- Played by black painted white people
- Specifically made to discriminate people of color
In this picture, we can see the transition of Billy Van, a white actor, to a black person.
A Minstrel advertising poster
Jim Crow Laws
A huge piece of legislation
What are Jim Crow Laws ?
- Were enforced from 1877 to 1965
- Legislation, which enforced racial segregation in the southern US
- In practice, Jim Crow laws mandated racial segregation in all public facilities in the states of the former Confederate States of America
- Also interratial marriage was forbidden, although not by state laws, but as anti-miscegenation laws
- Supreme court ruled in 1896 that black folks were "seperate, but equal"
- Similar laws were enforced in Canada, France, Italy, Germany and South Africa
Lawsuits and Riots
Lawsuits, riots and demonstrations
- In 1954, Oliver Braun contested scholar racism in supreme court
- Supreme court deemed legally mandated public school segregation unconstitutional
- In 1955, Rosa Parks started the Montgomery Bus Boycott
- In 1963, the civil rights movement had 800 demonstrations in 200 cities and towns with over 100.000 participants
- A lot of those demonstrations quickly became riots
- One year later, the civil rights act came into effect
- Another year after that, the voting rights act came into affect, allowing black folks to vote properly
Racism divides our civilisation, our principals and our progressRacism results in nothing but harm to othersRacism isn't desirable whatsoever
So in conclusion...
Thank you all for listening !
Martin Luther King Jr.
"Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere."