jim crow
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Jim Crow
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•“Jim Crow” was a minstrel character from the 1830’s.
•He was portrayed as an elderly, crippled and clumsy African American slave and his portrayal showed all the negative stereotypes of African Americans.
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Jim Crow Laws•Jim Crow laws were laws that
imposed racial segregation. •They existed mainly in the
South and originated from the Black Codes that were enforced from 1865 to 1866
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Black Codes•In 1865, Southerners created
Black Codes, which served as a way to inhibit the freedom of ex-slaves. –Relegate Blacks to Agricultural Labor and Domestic Work
–Black Codes Restrict the Freedom of Movement
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Plessy v. Ferguson
•In 1890, Louisiana passed a law that required blacks to ride in separate railroad cars.
•Homer Plessy, a carpenter in Louisiana who was seven-eighths Caucasian, was chosen to test the constitutionality of the law.
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•On June 7, 1892, Plessy boarded a train and sat in a car reserved for whites.
•He refused to move and was arrested.
•A local judge ruled against Plessy.
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Decision•The case was appealed to the
Supreme Court and in 1896, it upheld the lower courts ruling.
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•It held that "separate but equal" accommodations did not violate Plessy's rights and that the law did not stamp the "colored race with a badge of inferiority.“
•This decision paved the way for segregation.
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•Jim Crow laws banned blacks from such places as restaurants, hospitals, parks, schools, and barber shops.
•The outcome of these laws resulted in the creation of separate drinking fountains, public facilities, and entrances for blacks.
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•Signs that said "Whites Only" or "Colored" were posted at entrances and exits, water fountains, waiting rooms, and restrooms.
•Laws were enacted that restricted all aspects of life and varied from state to state.
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•Georgia in 1905, passed a law requiring separate public parks.
•In 1909 Mobile, Alabama created a 10 p.m. curfew for blacks.
•In 1915, South Carolina blacks and whites were restricted from working together in the same rooms of textile factories.
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