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Julia Taylor Research Paper

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Chung Vu
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Nick
22 October 2014
Julia Taylor, Lives, Education and the South In the nineteenth century, after the Civil War, congress passed the thirteenth, fourteenth, and fifteenth amendments in hope of achieving equaling against the Jim Crow South. In Ortiz’s interview with Julia Taylor, one can see her experience as an African American child and as a teacher in the South. Although, racism and inequality still existed after the three amendments, through the interview, lives of African American were improve throughout the years. Julia Taylor was born in 1910, in Uniontown, Alabama. She moved to Indianola, Mississippi when she was two because of her relatives. She shared some of her experiences as a student and as a child within the black …show more content…

Ferguson, segregated facilities were deemed legal by the Supreme Court. Thus, there were signs in Indianola for “colored” and “white” (Taylor). Mrs. Taylor’s family dealt with segregation in a peaceful way. They did not want any conflict. Mrs. Taylor’s experiences showed that “back in those days... you knew ‘your place’” (Taylor). She knew how to react when she came across a white person. Saying “yes, sir” or “no, sir” was like a reaction, it was implemented in Mrs. Taylor’s way of living. “That was just the time we lived in” said Mrs. Taylor (Taylor). She did not regret her methods. She stated that thanks to that way of living, she did not get in any conflict, did not start any commotions or arguments. “If you did it, you didn’t have any trouble” (Taylor). Despite the peaceful way of living, Mrs. Taylor shared her experiences about cases where there were conflict between a sharecropper and the landlord. For example, a man wanted to get his wife to the doctor but the landlord wanted him to finish his job first. Sometimes, a fight broke out. But, the blacks had a bit of leverage; because for instance, if a white man had a piece of land, and it’s about to rain, he did not want the crop to be spoiled “you can almost demand some things because your service is needed”

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