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The Strange Career of Jim Crow by C. Vann Woodward explains the development of Jim Crow Laws starting in the period of Reconstruction until its legal demise in 1965. The book puts an argument against the question whether or not segregation had been around before the civil war, and argues that segregation had not always been that way. Before the Civil War, a close proximity was crucial between the societies in the South to maintain white supremacy above blacks. After the Civil War, a period known as Reconstruction began the physical separation of the blacks and whites to maintain white supremacy by keeping blacks and whites separated in physical facilities like schools, bathrooms, and all types of transportation. Although there was a physical separation between blacks and whites, there was not any kind of social strife between the races until the Compromise of 1877 and the forcible integration of the races. The period after Reconstruction began the push to set in laws known as Jim Crow Laws to legally separate the races, but because of the certain laws poor whites were also affected by things like literacy tests and poll taxes. The total effect of the Jim Crow Laws only benefited white elites like before the Civil War. Woodward breaks up his book between the different phases Jim Crow went through and explains the different reactions people took towards the growing segregation.

It all started in Scottsboro, Alabama in 1931 when a fight broke out between two groups of men, the blacks and the whites. Prior to that was the Great Depression in 1930 and during that time poverty and racial segregation were raging throughout the states. Almost all blacks were living in poverty or were poor. Segregation in Alabama during the 1930's was as bad as or worse than segregation in other states. The 1901 constitution of Alabama was based on white supremacy. There were separate public facilities such as water fountains, schools, restaurants and theaters. There were also many black labor laws in effect at the time, which prevented blacks from having high-ranking jobs. Interracial relationships and interracial marriages were not allowed. 1930's

Blacks are being characterized as criminal by the media. According to Earl Smith and Angela J. Hattery, the authors of “Hey Stud: Race, Sex, and Sports,” said that displaying black men as criminals in the media can distort the public’s views. Aside from being characterized as criminals, the media also characterize blacks and black athletes as clowns, with childlike behaviors on and off the courts. A was study done by University of Missouri in June of 2015, also found that black athletes are “overrepresented in crime stories and domestic violence stories” and that “53 percent of the stories involving black athletes had a negative tone, while only 27 percent of stories about white athletes were negative” (Arnett). Sports media coverage at times helps reinforce racial bias towards minority athletes. According to “The Portrayal of Race, Ethnicity, And Nationality in Televised International Athletic Events” by Edward Derse, he suggested that “televised sports sometimes reinforce racial stereotype.” Also, according to Anthony Schmidt and Kevin Coe, the author of “Old and New Forms of Racial Bias in Mediated Sports Commentary: The Case of the National Football League Draft,” suggest that televised sports sometimes reinforce racial bias and/or stereotype, and that

The reason as to why Jim Crow laws came about in the South came to hold so much power during their life has to do with a waning of the forces that had long held the Southern racists in check. The elements of fear, jealousy, and fanaticism were allowed to rise to prominence when such forces as Northern liberal opinions in the press and the higher levels of government, internal checks instituted by the Southern conservatives and idealistic radicals. “What happened toward the end of the century was an almost simultaneous – and sometimes not unrelated – decline in the effectiveness of restraint that had been exercised by all three forces: Northern liberalism, Southern conservatism, and Southern radicalism” (69). Northern liberalism’s power waned with the Supreme Court’s decisions such as Hall v. de Cuir in 1877 which stated that a state could not prohibit segregation, or Plessy v. Ferguson in 1896 which the ‘separate but equal’ doctrine was clearly established (72-73). Southern conservatism, previously one of the newly freed Negroes’ greatest allies in the South after the war, changed their tune when they had to eradicate the carpetbaggers in the South. They needed the extreme racist

Can you imagine being told where and what to do based on the color of your skin? Many people born between 1800s and 1900s have experienced this. Whites and Blacks were considered completely different species back in those days. People thought that the races being separated was okay, as long as everything each race had was equal. This was never the situation though because blacks always had less than what the white people did. A group of laws that enforced this behavior were known as the Jim Crow Laws.

It all started with slavery in the United States, which was especially popular in the early 1790s with enslaved African Americans working the new cotton gins. After the Civil War ending and slavery was illegal by the reconstruction amendments, whites did not interact with African Americans. Many states passed laws that enforced segregation. The whites could not interact in public places bylaw. These laws of segregation were called Jim Crow laws. It took until the 1890s before they were confronted in court. When the United States Supreme Court ruled that segregation was illegal 50 years later, it took many court cases to show that it violated the Declaration of Independence.

The Jim Crow laws were passed into law in 1965. The laws went down to even the local level. They caused Africans social, educational, and economic hardships and endeavors. The Jim Crow laws were very similar to the Black Codes passed in 1800-1866. The Black Codes and the Jim Crow Laws were similar which restrict civil rights and liberties. The slogan adopted for the Jim Crow laws was, ‘Separate but equal.” This was rarely the case though in many places the facilities were not equal.

A long time ago, but not too long to make people start forgetting, segregation has taken place in the Unites States. It has been continued over many centuries, but still no black man and woman had the right to live peacefully. A majority of the black people were slaves, and it was common for white men to segregate them whenever they go and whatever they do. These times were the hardest time

(https://www.britannica.com/event/Jim-Crow-law). “From the late 1870s, Southern state legislatures, no longer controlled by carpetbaggers and freedmen, passed laws requiring the separation of whites from “persons of colour”(https://www.britannica.com/event/Jim-Crow-law).

3. Jim crow laws were started and local laws enforcing racial segregation in the southern side of the united state. Enacted after the reconstruction period, these laws continue in force until 1965.

After the Civil War slaves got their freedom, blacks started their own churches and schools were able to purchase land, and by 1870 sent 22 representatives to congress that was a big difference for them going from slaves to having a vote and leading our government. Some of the Southerners were not happy with the decision for blacks to be free. White power started “Ku Klux Klan” they began burning down houses, schools, and churches that the African Americans lived in or went to, soon the south was run by white people again and the blacks were losing almost everything they had gained from the vote. Jim Crow Laws started as a derogatory word for African Americans the southern state legislatures started to pass laws requiring the separation of

Back then there were times when not every one was equal, when if you were a different color people would harass you. There are some cases that show the struggle for civil rights for everyone. Some people should great ignorance to this situation. Both races were immediate disgust to each other. These are a few of the cases that show the struggle for civil rights dread Scott v. Sanford, Plessy v. Ferguson, and Shelly v. Kramer.

Jim crow laws were created right after the civil war. It kept whites separated from everyone else.Anybody that wasn’t white had to go to separate places that were in worse condition.For African Americans, if a bus was full they would have to get off if a white wanted a seat.The African Americans were basically in a prison. They weren’t allowed to go to certain

The era of Jim Crow began after the end of Reconstruction in 1877, in which through the rebuilding of the South, whites established laws and customs that forced freed slaves to stay marginalized and targeted by Southern whites. The purpose of these Jim Crow ideas was to keep blacks and white separated, and to also keep blacks from progressing in society. For instance, Southern whites forced blacks to take literacy tests before they could be considered able to vote. From the start of this Jim Crow era, racial compromise was already occurring. One of the most obvious examples of this compromise comes from the real name of the era. “Jim Crow” was a name used in a

In order for someone to understand the Jim Crow Laws, one must know how and where it originated. The Jim Crow laws were created in order to keep dark-skinned people separate from light-skinned people. After the Civil War, slaves were set free from their “masters.” Soon afterwards in 1865, the 13th amendment was created in order to abolish slavery. However, the Confederate states found ‘loopholes’ that still kept Black people lesser than a White person. After the 13th amendment was created, the ‘Black Codes’ were also created in 1865-66. They were created because ex-Confederate leaders were voted into office, allowing them to create these laws. The Black Codes were designed to restrict freed Black slaves. Jim Crow originated from an actor named Thomas Dartmouth in the 1830’s. He was a famous actor--who was White and lived in the Southern states--who played as a stereotypical African-American slave named “Jim Crow.” He pulled this off by painting his