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Jim Crow Laws
Jim Crow Laws were laws in the south that restricted the rights of African Americans. The term "Jim Crow" was adapted in a very strange way. There was this black man walking down the street and he was singing an old farm song about a man named Jim Crow. A white man passed him and heard him singing. The white man was a comedian and needed a new act for that night, so he dressed up like an old slave and called himself Jim Crow and made the black man seem dumb. This term was offensive, because African Americans were already frowned upon in the south, and this made them seem even worse. The term "Jim Crow" became synonomous with the restiction of black rights, because it was so offensive to the blacks of the south.
Jim Crow Laws began right at the end of Reconstuction. Reconstuction ended in the south, when President Hayes removed federal troops from the southern states. This affected blacks in the south in a very bad way. The federal troops were not there to inforce the treatment of African Americans, so the southern whites were very cruel to the blacks. One way that whites were cruel to blacks was through suffrage rights. Legally, African Americans had the right to vote, but their right was compromised. One way that the blacks in the south were deprived of their right to vote was the Grandfather Clause, which was when the African American could only vote if his Grandfather was able to vote at the same age. Another way that they were restricted was because many blacks could not read or write, which made it very hard to vote. The last way that the rights were taken away was because of the Jim Crow Laws.
One example of the uphold of Jim Crow Laws was the Plessy vs. Ferguson case. This case was when a black man, Plessy, was convicted for riding a whites olny subway car. He claimed that this was not true. The supreme court did not vote in favor of him. This case had an effect on southern blacks, because they wanted complete roghts even more and were sick of not having their equal rights.
So many different figures and groups were involved against Jim Crow Laws. One main leader of this time period was Booker T. Washington. He was an African American educator and political figure. He lived in Hale's Ford, Virginia. Washington believed that the main way that blacks could get out of Jim Crow Laws was to all stick together. Another main leader during this time was W.E.B. DuBois. He was an African American sociologist and civil rights activist. He believd that the best way to get out of Jim Crow Laws was to go by events happening in the world. These two figures had different opinions because they needed to try different things to see what would work. Washington was more for people, and DuBois more for events.
Many southern blacks escaped from Jim Crow Laws and the whites of the south. They escaped this by migrating. They moved out of the south, and out west. This was called the Great Migration.
Jim Crow Laws began right at the end of Reconstuction. Reconstuction ended in the south, when President Hayes removed federal troops from the southern states. This affected blacks in the south in a very bad way. The federal troops were not there to inforce the treatment of African Americans, so the southern whites were very cruel to the blacks. One way that whites were cruel to blacks was through suffrage rights. Legally, African Americans had the right to vote, but their right was compromised. One way that the blacks in the south were deprived of their right to vote was the Grandfather Clause, which was when the African American could only vote if his Grandfather was able to vote at the same age. Another way that they were restricted was because many blacks could not read or write, which made it very hard to vote. The last way that the rights were taken away was because of the Jim Crow Laws.
One example of the uphold of Jim Crow Laws was the Plessy vs. Ferguson case. This case was when a black man, Plessy, was convicted for riding a whites olny subway car. He claimed that this was not true. The supreme court did not vote in favor of him. This case had an effect on southern blacks, because they wanted complete roghts even more and were sick of not having their equal rights.
So many different figures and groups were involved against Jim Crow Laws. One main leader of this time period was Booker T. Washington. He was an African American educator and political figure. He lived in Hale's Ford, Virginia. Washington believed that the main way that blacks could get out of Jim Crow Laws was to all stick together. Another main leader during this time was W.E.B. DuBois. He was an African American sociologist and civil rights activist. He believd that the best way to get out of Jim Crow Laws was to go by events happening in the world. These two figures had different opinions because they needed to try different things to see what would work. Washington was more for people, and DuBois more for events.
Many southern blacks escaped from Jim Crow Laws and the whites of the south. They escaped this by migrating. They moved out of the south, and out west. This was called the Great Migration.