Jim Crow

Coda Jones

Jim Crow

-still fighting-

Research Question ^^^

How did Jim Crow laws establish lasting racial prejudice against African Americans seen today?

What You Need to Know:

- Jim Crow laws were laws designed to enforce racial segregation in the South- The term "Jim Crow" originated from Thomas Dartmouth Rice, a white actor, who portrayed an African American on stage- It came from the north, popularized in the south

Jim Crow???

Examples???

- two types of schools were implemented; one for white kids and the other for black kids-Telephone companies were permitted to establish different telephone booths for their white and black customers

What You Need to Know (Part 2):

- IdA B. Wells rose as a prominent figure as an activist when she sued a railroad company for forcibly removing her from a white, first-class train-Charlotte Hawkins BRown began her own school, Palmer Memorial Institute, for black kids and condemned jim crow laws through her education - W.E.B Du Bois strongly believed in education and was the first African American to receive a ph.d. while facing racial discrimination

Leaders???

Movement???

- African Americans migrated to the North seeking greater freedom, but the north had enacted their own Jim Crow laws as well- However, Traveling was difficult because African Americans were denied access to gas services, restaurants, and more

Plessy v Ferguson

Court Influence

Homer Plessy was a 1/8 black man who was victimized in the Louisiana Separate Car Act. This court ruled that racial segregation laws did not violate the U.S. Constitution because the different facilities for each race were equal in quality. This case continued enforcing Jim crow laws.

Voting Rights Act

- Banned discriminatory voting practices adopted in many southern states such as literacy tests as a prerequisite to voting- This directly impacted African Americans who were stripped from receiving an education for many years

IMPACT TODAY

13.6%

Among the eligible voters who participated in the 2020 election, only 13.6% of them were black

Why Does This Matter

African Americans have the ability to change the outcome of elections. However, voter suppression exists today where black men in prison are not able to vote, fear tactics prohibit people from voting, and voting polls closing earlier

Works Cited

“Election Demographics and Voter Turnout | Bloomberg Government.” Bloomberg Government, 1 Dec. 2022, about.bgov.com/brief/election-demographics-and-voter-turnout.Fourteenth Amendment -- Britannica School. school.eb.com/levels/high/article/Fourteenth-Amendment/474682.Jim Crow Law -- Britannica School. school.eb.com/levels/high/article/Jim-Crow-law/43641.Racism -- Britannica School. school.eb.com/levels/high/article/racism/62377.Reconstruction -- Britannica School. school.eb.com/levels/high/article/Reconstruction/62908.