them so it was hard for them to find jobs. They were also treated poorly within their communities. There even laws enforced to keep them oppressed. The greatest example of this is the Jim Crow laws which remained in effect from 1876-1965. These laws were used and interpreted to oppress the black population in the South in legislation and custom. The African-American response to these laws and their establishment differed in idea and intensity. Some thought it appropriate to maintain some forms of
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The Strange Career of Jim Crow by Van Woodward is based on the time period surrounding the Civil Rights Movement. This book is an accurate account of events that occurred during this time. It shows how the 1896 US Supreme Court Ruling affected blacks and the obstacles they faced to overcome. This book shows how the rights of African Americans have evolved over time. Van Woodward did an excellent job illustrating the events of history with The Strange Career of Jim Crow and created a factual account
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Jamie 1 Jamie Zenon Professor Baggett History March 17‚ 2011 Corruption within Forces The New Jim Crow Mass Incarceration in the Age of colorblindness is a writing on how the Jim Crow law came into play and how mass incarceration came into affect. After reading story on how we as African Americans was giving the right to vote through the amendment‚ but the Whiteman imported Jim Crow law which became another mechanism to keep African American in slavery which was very successful. How they
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The New Jim Crow The New Jim Crow by Michelle Alexander was a magnificent book. It describes the changes of the caste-like system in the United States. This cast system shows that millions of African Americans were locked behind bars and then forced to a second-class system. They unfortunately were denied the rights that they won in the Civil Rights Movement. This book tells the truth that America seems to ignore. Majority of blacks still have criminal backgrounds or are depicted to be a negative
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law for states to deny citizenship on the basis of race. Although this was a step in the right direction for a rationalized solution to citizen rights for more egalitarianism within the nation‚ the political and civil inequality was only set to grow further. Following the fourteenth amendment came the equal protection clause and fifteenth amendment‚ both set to help solidify the groundwork for a better United States. To all egalitarians dismay‚ the introduction of Jim Crow Laws‚ laws that promoted
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American in the past. Enacted between the years of 1876 and 1965‚ Jim Crow laws were local and state laws whose sole purpose was to keep Blacks oppressed. The laws mandated that Whites and Blacks be segregated in all things. In the North‚ de facto segregation was practiced‚ meaning that segregation was not condoned by the law but was exercised by many. And in the South‚ there was de jure segregation‚ which meant that segregation was a finite law. Not only could Blacks and Whites not fight in wars together
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existed for a long time and signs of it still show today. Following World War II‚ a lot of new laws and policies were put in place that did not advantage African Americans the way they did the white people. Jim Crow laws became stronger‚ as well as a rise in the resistance of inferiority and white supremacy of black people grew stronger. African American leaders formed groups opposed to segregation laws‚ black students came together to gain equality‚ and many black people fought for the right to vote
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segregation resulted in the exploitation of African Americans‚ as there were no rights provided to them as well as had to suffer from the inferior treatment from the Whites. These people suffered inequality as there was exploitation in the name of Jim Crow Law. The stories like "Everyday Use" by Alice Walker and "Sonny’s Blues" by James
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C. Vann Woodward’s book The Strange Career of Jim Crow is a close look at the struggles of the African American community from the time of Reconstruction to the Civil Rights Movement. The book portrays a scene where the Negroes are now free men after being slaves on the plantations and their adaptation to life as being seen as free yet inferior to the White race and their hundred year struggle of becoming equals in a community where they have always been seen as second class citizens. To really
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February 5‚ 2013 Senior Seminar The New Jim Crow In the book “The New Jim Crow” author Michelle Alexander talks about numerous issues of racial inequality in our criminal justice system. Alexander’s book is something every person who even has an interest in the criminal justice field should read‚ as it really looks beyond the color of a person’s skin. Alexander points out the vast majority of the problems our criminal justice system faces in racial inequality and discrimination. These problems
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