Jim+Crow+Life

Jim Crow Life Home Work Sarah Severson 5/5/09
 * To set the stage for the civil rights movement, you must first understand the environment of segregation in the United States in the first half of the 20th century. What was life like in Jim Crow America? Cut and paste this information into a new page in your Unit 8 Online ISN. **
 * You and your partner are African Americans who have lived through the era of Jim Crow in American. Using the links provided in this activity, respond to the “oral history questions” in first person. **

 The 14th Amendment said that it was supposed to grant citizenship to previous slaves, and to protect their civil rights. The saying "due process" means everyone is treated fairly in a legal situation and is considered innocent, until proven guilty. And "equal protection of the laws" means that one state can not make a law that can harm a group of people (kind of like us....).
 * Right after the Civil War, the 14th Amendment was ratified. What did the 14th Amendment provide for African Americans? What does “due process” and “equal protection of the laws” mean? ** [|14th LINK]

A man with the last name of Plessy was considered to be african american, but he looked white. He sat in a "White only" rail road car, and that got him arrested. His lawyer argued that it was against his civil rights, but the court said no we can have seperate rail road cars for blacks and white and they would have the same services. So that set up a system that would still seperate them until 1954. Jim Crow was a very stereotypic black character. Eventualy, the black codes became the Jim Crow laws.
 * Unfortunately, your equal rights were challenged by the Supreme Court in the case of Plessy v. Ferguson. What do you remember about the facts, decision, and impact of this case? ** [|Plessy LINK]
 * The laws developed in the South became known as Jim Crow laws. Who was this Jim Crow fellow? Did he write the laws? **[|Jim Crow LINK]

Some of the Jim Crow laws were: A black person and a white person couldn't play cards together, A black person and a white person could not get married. Schools had to be seperate, and so did rail road cars. There were different neighbor hoods for the different races. A black man couldn't offer to shake his hand with a white man.
 * What are some specific examples of the Jim Crow laws from southern states? How did the laws affect you? ** [|Jim Crow Laws LINK 1] / [|Jim Crow Laws LINK 2]/ [|Jim Crow Laws LINK 3]

Jim Crow America was had two of everything, one for whites and one for blacks. I dont know why, because we are all humans and all humans should be treated equaly and the same.
 * What did Jim Crow America look like in the 1900s? What are some images that can help explain the realities of the time? ** __ Jim Crow Images LINK 1 __ / [|Jim Crow Images LINK 2]

<Here is a picture of a theater that is only for blacks.

<---Here is a picture of a black migrant house, run down and old.

It was about the accusation of nine black boys who were charged for rapeing two white girls. It showed the world just how mean and cruel those white folks can be to us, African Americans. I belive that it is wrong to just straight away blaime it on African Americans, when it could have been any other person. The voices/ podcast's did not work on my computer. Sorry for the inconvinience.
 * What happened in the Scottsboro Case? How did it make you feel as an African American in the South? ** [|Scottsboro LINK]
 * What do some of your friends and family say about life in Jim Crow America? (listen to one or two) ** [|Audio History LINK 1]

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