Early drawing of the Jim Crow character and an
entertainer performing in ‘black face’.
Document One
Louisiana 1918 Poll Tax Receipt
Document Two
Mississippi 1939
Document Three
Virginia State Law 1960
"…no athletic team of any school
shall engage in any athletic contest
of any nature within the state of
Virginia with another team on
which persons of any other race are
members."
Document Four
Alabama 1931
Document Five
Tennessee 1873
"White and colored persons shall
not be taught in the same school,
but in separate schools under the
same general regulations as to
management, usefulness and
efficiency."
Document Six
Florida Bus 1950s
Document Seven
Missouri State Law 1952
Interracial adoptions are forbidden
by law.
Document Eight
Mississippi State Law 1956
Businesses are allowed to choose
their customers and have the right
to refuse service to any person.
Document Nine
Alabama Constitution 1901
Declared that the legislature could
never pass any law allowing "any
marriage between any white person
and a Negro, or descendant of a
Negro."
Document Ten
Texas Bus Station 1952
Jim Crow Worksheet
• Vocabulary
1- public accommodation
2-Miscegenation
3-undermine
4-interracial
5-segregation
6- Jim Crow
7- Black Codes
• Help/Hurt
– Hurt, Hurt, Helped, Helped
• Out of Order - 4, 1, 5, 2, 3
• Barriers to Voting
– Poll Taxes, White Primary,
Intimidation & violence, Poll tests,
Grandfather clause
• Cartoon Section A
1.
2.
3.
4.
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The White League & KKK
Answers vary
Was, white, lost
A) powerful
Cartoon Section B
5. Freed slaves, African Americans in
the South
6. Answers vary- fear
7. See picture
8. The dangers of A.A. under Jim Crow
laws, the A. A. situation…etc.
Jim Crow and Plessy v. Ferguson
Activities
• Jim Crow- Read and complete the assignment
• Read through and review the basic Arguments
and decisions for Plessy (handout).
• Read the information regarding Brown v.
Board of Education – 1954 on p. 1001
• Read the response statements and decide
whether they are from the Court’s Plessy
decision or Brown decision.
• Underline the words or phrases in each line
that influenced your answer.
Plessy/Brown Arguments
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
Plessy
Brown
Plessy
Brown
Brown
Plessy
Plessy
8. Brown
9. Plessy
10. Brown
11. Plessy
12. Plessy
13. Plessy
14. Brown