Jim Crow Laws
Early 1900’s to 1960’s
BY: Matt Manley, Morgan Miller,
Megan McCoy, Nautika King
The practice of discriminating
against and segregating Black
people, especially practiced in the
American South from the mid1800’s to the mid-19th century.
The definition
Segregated water fountains were common
during the Jim Crow period.
The first Jim Crow law.
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In 1881, Tennessee passed the first Jim Crow law, which
segregated train cars. Other Southern states soon
followed
segregated Train Depot in
Manchester, Ga. 1938
Examples of the laws
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No person or corporation shall require any white female
nurse to nurse in wards or rooms in hospitals, either
public or private, in which negro men are placed.
Alabama
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The schools for white children and the schools for negro
children shall be conducted separately.
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The officer in charge shall not bury, or allow to be
buried, any colored persons upon ground set apart or
used for the burial of white persons.
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Books shall not be interchangeable between the white
and colored schools, but shall continue to be used by the
race first using them.
Jim Crow was not a
person, yet affected the
lives of millions of
people. Named after a
popular minstrel song
that stereotyped
African Americans and
segregated the United
States.
Who is Jim Crow?
What started Jim Crow?
The song Jump Jim Crow was shown
on a Minstrel Show. The entertainer
Thomas Dartmouth Rice performed as
the popular character Jim Crow in
1928. In the shows white performers
would blacken their faces with burnt
cork (called BlackFace). They would
dress in outlandish costumes, and
then perform songs and skits that
mocked African Americans.
Video of Jump Jim Crow
http://www.youtub .com/watch?v=ALTam2L9NhE
Video about Jim Crow history
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xzL2Brhg9aQ
Bugs Bunny in “Black Face”
This controversial episode of Looney Tunes was aired in
1953. It has Bugs Bunny depicted as a southern slave
and Yosemite Sam as the slave owner. Bugs Bunny is
displaying “Black Face”.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lBar0VZhs68
Books and Movies
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Growing Up Jim Crow: How Black and White Southern
Children Learned Race. (book written by Jennifer
Ritterhouse)
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Ethnic Notions (1987) A documentary about racial
stereotyping in the United States.
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The Color Purple (1985) The movie takes place in the
Jim Crow era.
Work cited
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"Blackface!Origins of Jump Jim Crow."Blackface!. N.p., n.d. Web. 11
Nov. 2013. <http://black-face.com/jim-crow.htm>.
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Facilities, Toilet. "Jim Crow Laws."National Parks Service. National
Parks Service, 17 Oct. 2013. Web. 10 Nov. 2013.
<http://www.nps.gov/malu/forteachers/jim_crow_laws.htm>.
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"Jim Crow." PBS. PBS, n.d. Web. 11 Nov. 2013.
<http://www.pbs.org/wnet/jimcrow/>.
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"Jim Crow." Jim Crow. N.p., n.d. Web. 12 Nov. 2013.
<http://download.publicradio.org/podcast/americanradioworks/200
1/remembering.mp3?_kip_ipx=1110558341-1340453206>.
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"Jim Crow Laws - Separate Is Not Equal."Jim Crow Laws - Separate
Is Not Equal. N.p., n.d. Web. 10 Nov. 2013.
<http://americanhistory.si.edu/brown/history/1-segregated/jimcrow.html>.
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"Jim Crow Movies & TV." Shmoop. N.p., n.d. Web. 15 Nov. 2013.
<http://www.shmoop.com/jim-crow/movies-tv.html>.
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"Jim Crow laws denied blacks dignity, vote - October 1960 - Civil
Rights - A Jackson Sun Special Report." Jim Crow laws denied
blacks dignity, vote - October 1960 - Civil Rights - A Jackson Sun
Special Report. N.p., n.d. Web. 15 Nov. 2013.
<http://orig.jacksonsun.com/civilrights/sec
More work cited
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"Jump Jim Crow." YouTube. YouTube, 7 Sept. 2012. Web. 13 Nov.
2013.
<http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T5FpKAxQNKU&feature=youtu.
be>.
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"Southern Fried Rabbit." IMDb. IMDb.com, n.d. Web. 13 Nov. 2013.
<http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0046350/>.
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"The Minstrel Show." The Minstrel Show. N.p., n.d. Web. 12 Nov.
2013.
<http://chnm.gmu.edu/courses/jackson/minstrel/minstrel.html>.
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"The Origins of Jim Crow." Origins of Jim Crow. N.p., n.d. Web. 13
Nov. 2013. <http://www.ferris.edu/jimcrow/origins.htm>.
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"What Was Jim Crow?." What was Jim Crow. N.p., n.d. Web. 9 Nov.
2013. <http://www.ferris.edu/jimcrow/what.htm>.
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"southern fried rabbit ." youtube. N.p., 19 Jan. 2013. Web. 12 Nov.
2013. <http://www.youtub .com/watch?v=ALTam2L9NhE>.
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"Jim Crow Movies & TV." Shmoop. N.p., n.d. Web. 15 Nov. 2013.
<http://www.shmoop.com/jim-crow/movies-tv.html>.
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http://www.nps.gov/malu/forteachers/jim_crow_laws.htm
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http://americanhistory.si.edu/brown/history/1segregated/jim-crow.html
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http://www.ferris.edu/jimcrow/what.htm
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http://www.pbs.org/wnet/jimcrow/
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http://black-face.com/jim-crow.htm
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http://download.publicradio.org/podcast/americanradiowork
s/2001/remembering.mp3?_kip_ipx=11105583411340453206
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http://chnm.gmu.edu/courses/jackson/minstrel/minstrel.ht
ml
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http://www.ferris.edu/jimcrow/origins.htm
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T5FpKAxQNKU&feature
=youtu.be
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http://www.youtub .com/watch?v=ALTam2L9NhE
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http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0046350/
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http://www.shmoop.com/jim-crow/movies-tv.html
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http://orig.jacksonsun.com/civilrights/sec1_crow.shtml
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