The Pros And Cons Of Jim Crow Laws

Racism is one of the greatest evils facing humanity. It is believed that the inherent ethnic differences between people are the reason for the superiority of a particular ethnic group or religion. Discrimination against African Americans for example. In 1838, the Southern States passed various laws of racial segregation, focused against the black sectors. By the turn of the century those laws were called the Jim Crow laws, both north and south. Between the 1880s and the 1960s the laws expanded. Jim Crow, within the context of this unit, refers to the official discrimination against or segregation of African Americans. Jim Crow legislation was officially instituted by the southern states when racial attitudes hardened in the 1890's, shortly
In the late nineteenth century, attacks against the black community and even on whites in support of their cause increased. In 1868, Democrats publicly declared bias against blacks, using violence, corruption and intimidation to prevent them from voting. In 1867, Ko Klux Klan established a secret organization that terrorized African Americans and the black population
Millions of African Americans have suffered from murder and intimidation to death for their participation in voting and access to formal education, and over the years. But the activist, Rose Parks, stood out in her defense against racism Ms. Parks was the spark of a 381-day struggle to defend her rights and the rights of all blacks. This happened when she once refused to leave her seat on the bus for a "white" man who was in violation of the law. She was punished and fined for doing so. Transport to amend the law after the loss suffered, and in honor of Ms. Also, Many African Americans fought in World War I and the second to defend the United States. This exemplary led to the abolition of apartheid in the US armed forces in July