The Influence Of Jim Crow Laws

In the 1880’s after slavery was abolished, the Jim Crow laws were passed. Jim Crow laws were a set of laws that segregated the Whites from the Blacks in their everyday lives. Jim Crow was a fictional character in a play used that was to imitate a black man and mock the African American culture. Jim Crow laws were specifically for the African American community. These laws were taken more seriously in the South. The laws enforced racial segregation and were established as “separate but equal” (Jim Crow Laws). The Jim Crow laws had a negative effect on the African American population and subjected Blacks to segregation, more discrimination, and more racism than they had already received.

Jim Crow was a man who created laws, that affected many peoples lives during the 1960s. These laws made it much harder for blacks mainly in the South, but then it started to move upward in the United States. There were many purposes leading to creating these laws. During this era, blacks were excluded from many things and opportunities. These laws made many changes and changed how the things were after these laws were taken away. The Jim Crow Laws affected, harmed, excluded, and ruined many blacks and in some cases white peoples lives.

Before there were players such as Hank Aaron, Willie Mays, and Barry Bonds, Major League Baseball was strictly white players only. The color line of Major League Baseball excluded black players until the late 40’s. This didn’t stop the colored men of America from playing the beloved American sport. The creation of the Negro Leagues in 1920 by Rube Foster gave colored men a chance to play in their own professional league, similar to the Major Leagues, but for African-American men. The creation of the Negro Leagues was a result of the Jim Crow Laws, state and local laws enforcing racial segregation in the Southern United States. Enacted after the Reconstruction period in the U.S., these laws continued in force until 1965. These laws created

Jim Crow Laws were mainly found in the southern states of the the US, but could also sometimes be found in northern states. These laws were created around the time the 14th amendment was created in which all races had the right to vote. Jim Crow Laws were meant to limit the freedom of Africans-American. These laws included,”A black male could not offer his hand to a white man” and that blacks and whites were not suppose to eat together. An African-American couldn’t even look in the direction of a white person without being punished.

The Jim Crow Laws were state and local laws that enforced racial segregation in the Southern United States. “The most common types of laws forbade intermarriage and ordered business owners and public institutions to keep their black and white clientele separated.”(1) A vast majority of the Southern States agreed upon the Jim Crow Laws, which were slave states. That left some of the Northern States free states which didn’t pass the Jim Crow Laws. The Jim Crow Laws prevented African Americans from doing a lot of things that white americans could do.

What if you woke up one day and everything became separate? School, sports, and even parks; would you be able to cope with Jim Crow laws? Though many whites opposed the idea of integration and supported Jim Crow laws, many citizens of color fought for the right to use the same restroom, water fountain, go to the same schools, and even to intermarry. Jim Crow laws were instituted to separate those of color and whites, because of this, many blacks were discriminated against in social areas and job and school opportunities.

The angry African American crowd chanted, “Separate but equal isn’t equal!”. The Jim Crow laws were considered legally fair , but they were really degrading to blacks in most public facilities. The laws basically allowed racism and discrimination, but said it wasn’t. Blacks faced many places and spots that were segregated mainly in the south. Some of the main areas that this segregation happened was on public buses, schools, and balloting poles. The African American population was outraged by this.

Jim Crow sets the guidelines for a violent mindset that will fabricate deadly culture norms. The Jim Crow laws did not directly address that a person of color like Emmett could not go into Bryants' store and supposedly "flirt" with her. It was not the law of division that allowed Carolyn's husband and brother-in-law to beat young Emmett to death, burn in his body and throw him in the river. It was the self-entitlement that white lives mattered more than blacks derived from Jim Crow laws saying the contradiction of separate but equal that allowed the killing of a 14-year-old boy on false accusations without legal implications for the murderers. There were unspoken rules and social standings that would not be tolerated anymore.

The Jim Crow laws were established to create segregation between racial groups in the south. They segregated African Americans from other racial groups in schools, restaurants, and public transportation, and backtracked towards slavery. The results of the Jim Crow Laws would be in effect of years to

The Jim Crow laws were laws that kept people of color still under whites as well as separate them. Such has a white’s only restaurant, different baseball leagues based on colored, colored couldn’t show displays of affection, whites and color couldn’t dine together, and other laws that ridiculously limited colored folks. These laws were also dangerous or at least the punishments were brutal. Anyone who broke or defy these laws would be arrested or lynched.

On February 26, 1926 Charles G. Woddson started the Negro History Week, which coincided with the birthdays of Abraham Lincoln and Frederick Douglass. Now, this week has grown into Black History Month, which is celebrated during the duration of February. During this month, the history of African Americans is recognized and discussed. While African-American history dates back to the 1500s, many focus on the era during the Civil Rights Movement. During this time, Jim Crow laws were heavily enforced, but where did these Jim Crow laws come from? Why were these oppressive laws named Jim Crow? While many people have heard of Jim Crow laws, most do not know or understand the origins, history, affects, and aftermaths of this infamous name.

Jim Crow laws were the act that legalized segregation between blacks and whites back in the late 1800’s. These laws were mainly enforced in the southern states. They were created to separate blacks and whites from having even the slightest bit of contact. Some JIm Crow laws were no interracial marriage, blacks and whites had to go to separate schools, and use different tools, and also go to different hospitals. Everything that went one between the blacks and the whites had to be different. This essay will go over what some of the specific Jim Crow laws were, and how it affected the people in the united states.

My fourth resource is an article listing many of the infamous Jim Crow laws that suppressed many African Americans in the southern united states, until they were abolished in 1965. The purpose of this article is to show just how absurd and disgraceful these laws actually were. This fits well in my essay, because it shows multiple examples of how Jim Crow laws were racist, and can be used as a good basis for the case of referencing past racist events that have a conclusion. Jim Crow laws are good for referencing when making sure new racist laws are not allowed to be passed into law, but shouldn’t be used as a reason to say racism exists in today’s world.

Jim Crow laws were a complex system of laws and customs that separated races in the South. They were very restrictive to African American people, and lenient to Caucasian people.

Historically, African American people have been criminalized by the powerful elite immediately after the emancipation proclamation was passed. The 13th Amendment stated that no man could be held as a slave unless he has committed a crime and was a prisoner. African Americans were arrested and imprisoned for low crimes like vagrancy and loitering. The system of convict leasing contributed to the arrests of freed slaves. Using this method of enslavement, prisoners would contract with private companies and states to use prisoner labor at low costs while maximizing the benefits. Prisoners were forced to work on farms, railroads, and highways to help the South gain economic control after the Civil War. Like slavery, the prisoners were rarely paid for their labor, they were not properly fed, and they did not have sustainable living conditions. African Americans were arrested at high numbers to accommodate this demand for labor (PUNISHMENT & CORRECTIONS TEXT BOOK). With this, came the notion that African Americans were criminals, and they were a part of the “dangerous class” that needed to be suppressed (Chaney, 2015). Dr. Cassandra Chaney (2015) examines the laws that labeled African Americans as permanent second-class citizens, known as Jim Crow Laws. These laws were in effect in the United States from 1865 to 1965, and they