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    African Americans underwent immense segregation and racism regardless the “equality” President Lincoln granted them in the earlier amendments. The Anti-Black laws like, Jim Crow, affected the the African Americans mentally and they lived under extreme racist conditions. Jim Crow laws were about power. Power of one race over another. These laws highlight the flaws and weakness of human nature. Group of whites asserting power over the African Americans for the pride and vanity of politics. A freedom

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    and medical assistance in attempts for a better transition. However, freed blacks were met with challenges with discrimination and segregation among their white societals. These challenges came in forms of locally organized laws such as the Black Codes, and the Jim Crow Laws. When those barriers were challenged or wasn’t doing enough, violence is referred to in the epidemic of lyncing. African Americans endured these hardships under restrictions both socially and economically as blacks had little

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    Jim Crow laws are state laws enforce racial segregation in the United States, mostly the southern side. A few Jim Crow laws even separated genders . These laws had a huge effect on the states and majorly deprived American citizens of their civil rights. “Racial inequality was not unique to the South” (rise and fall of Jim Crow laws PBS). According to Rise and Fall of Jim Crow Laws PBS, the south was used to racial inequality and that is absurd because no matter what color skin you are, we're all

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    I just discovered that between 1877 and the mid-1960’s, our country, especially the South, functioned under Jim Crow Laws. Jim Crow Laws were used in order to relegate African Americans to the status of second class citizens, living in a society which taught them that whites were superior to blacks in all important ways. Through the Jim Crow Laws, white people justified their thoughts of being more intelligent, having more morals, and behaving in a more civilized way, than blacks. If a black person

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    standing tall; the reasons why were Jim Crow Laws were put into effect, most blacks were in poverty, and many racist groups like the Ku Klux Klan formed. From 1877 to 1964 legalized racism was very big in the south. Jim Crow laws were a way to keep black and white lives separated at the time. Some examples of Jim Crow Laws are separate bathrooms, colored people have to sit at the front of buses, and separate schools. During the time many people revolted against these laws and took a stand. A famous character

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    by Kent, Moeka The Origin of Jim Crow Jim Crow is not a real person. In fact, Jim Crow was based on a show performance. Some people smeared black cork on their faces and then put on a song-and-dance performance in a small hall in New York City. It instantly became a hit so many other performers tried to copy it. Out of all the performances, a performer named Daddy Rice became the most popular. He sang and danced to a song that ended with the chorus “Wheel about and turn about and do just

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    As integration began many speculated whether ‘Jim Crow’ laws would really be the solution to America’s problem. The African-American communities across the country were divided and many wished to seek a new solution while others were content with the laws passed and happy to abide by them as long as they didn’t have to go back to being slaves. Jim Crow laws were laws set in motion (shortly after reconstruction) to keep African-Americans segregated from whites. They considered it “separate but equal;”

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    Benjamin Hooks, Jim Crow laws, and Medgar Evers all had a good or bad impact in the united states during the civil rights movement. some made life harder and some made it easier for african americans to survive in the united states during the civil rights movement .Benjamin Hooks helped and tried to change life for african americans during the civil rights movement. Benjamin Hooks contribute a change to the united states during the civil rights movement by him being the first african american

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    Jim Crow laws were state and local laws that reinforced racial segregation in the South between the end of Reconstruction in 1877 and the beginning of the civil rights movement in the 1950’s (Urofsky). The laws mandated segregation of schools, drinking fountains, restrooms, buses, and restaurants. In legal theory, blacks received “separate but equal” treatment under the law--in actuality, public facilities were nearly always inferior to those for whites, when they existed at all. In addition, blacks

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    Jim crow laws were very racist. The African-Americans couldn't hang out with the whites. African- Americans could not be in a group together at all. Some laws didn't even make sense, but it is what the laws did to them and how it affected them is what was so important. Jim Crow Laws affected both African-Americans and Caucasians. African-Americans were mainly affected, but a few Caucasians too. Most Caucasians were fond of the way life was under the Jim Crow Law. Some white people thought it was

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