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    Jim Crow Laws ”Mr. Finch‚ I tried. I tried to ’thout bein ’ ugly to her. I didn ’t wanta push her or nothin ’ . . . if you was a nigger like me‚ you ’d be scared‚ too" (Lee 261). Tom Robinson is frightened by the possibility of death for interacting with a white woman‚ which was illegal in the 1930s. Jim Crow Laws were unjust for African Americans because segregation limited their opportunities‚ it restricted their rights‚ and it allowed whites to persecute African Americans. The Jim Crow Laws

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    The name for Jim Crow Laws is believed to be derived from an old minstrel routine. Actor Thomas Dartmouth would perform routines as a clumsy‚ dimwitted African American slave. “Jim Crow” then became a widely used derogatory term used for blacks. Jim Crow laws were appointed for the reason of power‚ the power of one race over another. The laws were initiated to create a racial caste system in the south. This era of Jim Crow‚ which lasted nearly a century‚ led to a struggle for all African Americans

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    Whites made jim crow laws to make sure blacks would never have power. That blacks would know their place. Jim crow laws would make blakcs life challenging to survivor in the south. Jim crow laws were state laws made to keep blacks and white separate. The name came from before the civli war even took place. a white actor Thomas Darmouth who would perform minstrel acts called “Jim Crow”. Thomas would practice blackface and act as a dumb slave on stage. Somehow years after the name jim crow came back

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    Beaten‚ fined‚ and intimidated. According to the constitution-- specifically amendment 13 and 15-- I am a Freedman. Although these are the documents the federal government stands by‚ the Jim Crow laws gives me less opportunity and puts me at a disadvantage compared to the average white man. Who is supposed to protect my right‚ protect my vote‚ and protect me as an individual when it is legal because of the Black Codes to segregate and oppress all blacks. There is not any place in America where I

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    Historical Paper Jim Crow laws were not a good thing; they were very unfair towards African Americans. They were ridiculous to have such rules because we are all people and equally as nice and good no matter what your race is. The Jim Crow laws were laws about White people and Black people having different rights. This relates to To Kill A Mockingbird because it was the time of racism. Black people had to follow the Jim Crow laws. They had separate places to sit in the courtroom in To Kill

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    Jim Crow was a pre-civil war character in a minstrel show‚ A white man was made up as a black man by make-up‚ an incorporated character called Jim Crow‚ in 1832. Soon the term Jim Crow became on euphemism for “Negro” and the term Jim Crow Laws became a euphemism for legal segregation. Jim Crow was not just a set of anti-black segregation laws though but was a way of life. It was a racial hate system that ran mainly in southern states of America in between 1877 and the middle of the 1960’s. Jim

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    The Rise and Fall of Jim Crow Webquest Directions: Use complete sentences when answering the questions. Type in the following web address Feel free to look at the pictures and read the information http://www.pbs.org/wnet/jimcrow/ Click on Jim Crow Stories   1. Click on People and then click on Ida B. Wells. Explain the problems Ida B. Wells faced and her accomplishments. Some problems Ida B. Wells faced were that both of her parents died of yellow fever and she suffered with dealing

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    he is black. However‚ your policy is not justified because Jim Crow Laws was already over in the 1990s‚ black people are not being treated equal‚ and competing in the tournament was Dondre Green’s “pursuit of happiness.” One reason why the management is not justified is because Jim Crow Laws was already over in the 1990s. For example‚ the Jim Crow Laws only lasted until the mid 1960s. This shows that the management is ignoring The Jim Crow laws. This also shows that the management is not treating

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    In her book‚ The New Jim Crow‚ Michelle Alexander proposes that in order to end this system‚ we must end the War on Drugs. However‚ she also argued that “If we hope to end this system of control‚ we cannot be satisfied with a handful of reforms.” It is true‚ as a complete change

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    The Strange Career of Jim Crow by C. Vann Woodward gives a complete historical analysis of the beginning of the impact on race relations within and outside of the South‚ and its legal end in 1965. After the Brown v. Board of Education decision‚ Woodward wrote lectures about the basis of segregation and slavery and such. Woodward’s lectures were originally directed to a local southern audience‚ but as his lectures developed into a wide-ranging text they extended towards national recognition. Woodward

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