Jim+Crow+Life


 * 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 Notebook. You (and your partner, if you have one) are African Americans who have lived through the era of Jim Crow in America. Using the links provided in this activity, respond to the “oral history questions” in first person . You can do this in Word by copying this document onto a new document , completing it using the resources below, and cutting and pasting it into a new page on your notebook. Make sure your responses are in first person! **

The 14th amendment granted citizenship to African Americans who had previously been enslaved. Due process means involvement. "Equal protection of the laws" means every person access to the law and courts. On  January 7, 1892, Homer Plessy was jailed for sitting in the "white" car of the East Louisiana Railroad. Jim Crow was a sterotypical black character played by white man Thomas Rice. He was one of the first white men to wear blackface makeup. While Jim Crow didn't write the laws, he was sort of an inspiration for them. =**[|Jim Crow Laws LINK 1]  / [|Jim Crow Laws LINK 2] / [|Jim Crow Laws LINK 3] / ****[|Jim Crow Laws Link 4]**= Education: Seperate schools would be provided for african-american students. Hospitals: Seperate hospital facilities would be stablished for the care of African-Americans. Prisons: No white man shall ever have to be chained together to a black man. Miscegenation: All mariages of white persons to negros, mulattos, mongolian, or malaya shall be illegal and void. America was highly segregated in the 1900s. Like, you couldn't walk five feet without seeing a sign that said "whites only." In the Scottsboro Case, nine negro youths were charged with rape. The all-white jury convicted the youths, and all but the youngest who was 12, was sentenced to death. <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #ff0000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 17.33px;">Because this time period showed the wrong doing in judging people by the color of their skin.
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 17.33px;">1) 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? <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #001ee6; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 17.33px;"> [|14th LINK] **
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 17.33px;">2) 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? <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #001ee6; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 17.33px;"> [|Plessy LINK] **
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 17.33px;">3) The laws developed in the South became known as Jim Crow laws. Who was this Jim Crow fellow? Did he write the laws? <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #001ee6; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 17.33px;">[|Jim Crow LINK] **
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 17.33px;">4) What are some specific examples of the Jim Crow laws from southern states? How did the laws affect you? Which on edo you feel is the worst? **
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 17.33px;">5) What did Jim Crow America look like in the 1900s? What are some images that can __help__ explain the realities of the time? <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #6e1a7e; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 17.33px;">[|Jim Crow Images LINK 1] <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 17.33px;">/ <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #001ee6; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 17.33px;">[|Jim Crow Images LINK 2] **
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 17.33px;">6) What happened in the Scottsboro Case? How did it make you feel as an African American in the South? <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #001ee6; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 17.33px;"> [|Scottsboro LINK] **
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 17.33px;">7) Why should anyone care about your lilfe during Jim Crow America? [|Why should I care? Link] **